jWeekend People

We have a highly skilled, enthusiastic and articulate team:

• Cemal Bayramoglu has been developing systems and mentoring for organisations including Sun, Cap Gemini, HSBC, Barclays Capital, BNP Paribas, RDF, Dept of Environment, SKF, IBS, Telecom Australia, American Express, Worldcom, Toshiba, Comshare, EDS... for over 20 years. After developing a keen interest in OO in 1994 and Java in 1996 during post-graduate studies in OO Software Technology, he first started teaching Java and OO courses for Sun, in 1998. He holds further qualifications in Java and OO from University of California, Irvine and Sun certification (SCJP & SCJD since 1998).
• Richard Wilkinson is a software developer with a particular interest in Java and open source software. He worked with Wicket on a leading property website and created the Wicket Terracotta integration module. He holds a 1st class MComp in Computer Science from the University of Sheffield.
• Marco Behler is an experienced software developer with a strong focus on programming back- and frontends for web applications. Apart from his freelancing career, he also loves to share his expertise on anything JVM related. He holds a first class BSc in Computing Science and Management Science from Stirling University. A German native, he currently lives in rainy Scotland.
• Peter Thomas is an experienced Java EE developer and Open Source enthusiast who has designed and delivered a wide range of solutions using technologies such as Spring, JPA and Hibernate. One of his open-source creations "JTrac" is a flexible issue-management web-app, built using Apache Wicket and which has proven to be quite popular - having been internationalized by volunteers into 21 languages. Peter has been a guest speaker at various Java technical conferences within India and he works out of Bangalore. He joins jWeekend after several years as Pricinpal Consulant at one of the largest consultancies.
• Alastair Maw, from the core Apache Wicket development team and Google, develops, maintains and delivers our Apache Wicket courses. Al is one of the leading authorities on Wicket, worldwide, and is well known on the forums and IRC for his expert knowledge and the clarity of his presentations on our courses and at our London Wicket Events, which he runs with Cemal at Google's UK headquarters. You can get a feel for his excellent presentations at our London Wicket Google Code project.
• Dmitry Kandalov has a deep interest in Object Oriented system development and has been working at jWeenkend since 2007. He enjoys Wicket development and has made several contributions to the wiki.
• Romana Kubickova has been helping part-time with client services since 2006. She holds an MSc in Economics and is very keen on helping our clients specify and implement efficient business processes supported by applications we help deploy.
• Wille Faler is a Java consultant, who designed and built Wicket_RAD. He is working with jWeekend on projects including development of a course on Amazon Web Services.

We work closely with other top industry consultants and software houses on our development projects and have started to extend our list of training partners. We are always happy to hear from like minded, highly skilled and dedicated developers and mentors who share our passion for technical excellence and delivering the best for our clients and students, for part-time or full-time, on or off-site course and software development projects.

Scheduled/Public Training

• Core Spring Framework
  Feb6-7(Mon-Tue) Mar5-6(Mon-Tue)
• Apache Wicket
  Feb27-28(Mon-Tue)
• Swing For Java Developers
  Feb20-21(Mon-Tue)
• OO Design with UML for Java Developers
  Feb21-22(Tue-Wed)
• Java Persistence API: 1 Day Intensive Introduction To JPA
  Mar2(Fri)
• The Java Programming Language (SCJP)
  Mar8-9(Thu-Fri)

Enquire about other dates and on-site or custom courses.

Coming soon

Expert Partners

What People Are Saying

• George Kerley , PhD , P&O Ferries , UK
  ... these jWeekend courses have raised the bar for trainers everywhere. [show]
  "It's a pleasure to attend training courses (Swing 2-day and Spring 2-day) that do more than survey the ground and jump through the hoops. Challenging, stimulating and informative, these jWeekend courses have raised the bar for trainers everywhere."

• Karl M Davis , Project Manager , Ridgetop Group , USA
  ... I cannot recommend jWeekend's courses highly enough and only wish we could bring them in every time a new developer comes on board here. [show]
  "The jWeekend instructor, Cemal, was incredibly helpful and flexible. The course gave our development team, which had been struggling adjusting to the "Wicket way", the understanding needed to become effective using this great framework. I cannot recommend jWeekend's courses highly enough and only wish we could bring them in every time a new developer comes on board here."

• Uwe Schaefer , Thomas Daily , Germany
  If you start using Wicket for real, this course is a real timesaver [show]
  "... taking this course was a great experience. Al and Cemal are very nice people, the material is great and what you get is definately worth the bucks and time. If you start using Wicket for real, this course is a real timesaver."

• James McIntosh , SnapHire , New Zealand
  ... Cemal made the course a pleasure to attend by presenting in an informative and entertaining way while also following to conclusion any questions and queries. [show]
  "The course delivers a strong foundation and is presented in a straight forward, intuitive manner. Cemal made the course a pleasure to attend by presenting in an informative and entertaining way while also following to conclusion any questions and queries. I would overly recommend this course as the place to start your Wicket journey as it will let you hit the ground running with the core Wicket skills and knowledge for your Wicket development ."

• Gary S Mann , senior developer , , UK
  ... an excellent introduction to JPA [show]
  "The course was an excellent introduction to JPA. I was impressed by Cemal's knowledge of and enthusiasm for the subject. Within two weeks, I have been able to join an exciting new project which makes use of the technolgies taught on the course."

• Independent Consultant , , California, USA
  An excellent introduction to Wicket... The instructor was top notch. [show]
  "An excellent introduction to Wicket. It allowed me to grasp the technology in a very short time frame. The instructor was top notch."

• Project Manager , Risk IT , Investment Banking , UK
  Our developers came back with good feedback about your Spring course. I will be recommending jWeekend training to other teams at the bank. [show]
  "Our developers came back with good feedback about your Spring course. I will be recommending jWeekend training to other teams at the bank"

• Adrian Moser , bsi , Switzerland
  Just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed the course very much. It saved me many hours so far while designing and implementing our Wicket-based web solution... [show]
  "Just wanted to let you know that I enjoyed the course very much. It saved me many hours so far while designing and implementing our Wicket-based web solution. We have now integrated Wicket with our existing GUI model and server services, and the solution seems to be promising."

• T Kim , PhD. , Ridgetop Group , USA
  ... and I especially thank you (Cemal) for going through this new and interesting material and explaining complex points so clearly and thoroughly with emphasis on good design. [show]
  "This is a very good course (custom Java, OO, Wicket) and I especially thank you (Cemal) for going through this new and interesting material and explaining complex points so clearly and thoroughly with emphasis on good design. Please accept lunch on me!"

• Richard Levy , P&O Ferries , UK
  I would definitely recommend jWeekend. [show]
  "Both the Swing & Spring courses were weighted very well for a mixed-experience class and our instructor was happy to tailor the course to our needs. I would definitely recommend jWeekend."

• Per Ingemar , it-huset, Sweden , Sweden
  We have covered a lot of material and the course has been very good. [show]
  "We have covered a lot of material and the course (Wicket) has been very good. The level of interactivity is perfect. Thank you for spending so much time on each exercise, challenging me until the material was absolutely clear. We went well beyond my expectations of a 2 day course."

• Chris Martin , P&O Ferries , UK
  The 2-day Swing course was informative and brilliantly paced [show]
  "The 2-day Swing course was informative and brilliantly paced, despite the mixed knowledge of the various participants. The instructor had excellent knowledge of the subject and was willing and able to answer any questions thrown at him. This included subjects only loosely related to the subject matter (such as Design Patterns and Threads in general.) All in all, a recommended course for anyone using Swing."

• Lawernce Blomfield , P&O Ferries , UK
  Thanks for an excellent course [show]
  "Thanks for an excellent course on Swing. It was well delivered and suited both beginners and the more experienced. The tutor demonstrated excellent knowledge. Recomended."

• Ian Godman , 3B Workshop , UK
  A lot of value and fun too! [show]
  "The course was given by Al Maw who is an excellent presenter ... A lot of value and fun too! Can't think of a better way to spend a wet weekend!!"

• Russell Web , inniu , UK
  The 2-day course on Apache Wicket was a great introduction to the framework [show]
  "The 2-day course on Apache Wicket was a great introduction to the framework. The content was well laid out with each module advancing in logical progression. The corresponding practical tutorials reflected this building a good comprehension of wicket fundamentals. I was also impressed with the enthusiasm of Al and Cemal who not only expressed themselves eloquently but also took pains to ensure everyone kept up and encouraged open discussion on related topics time allowing. A very educating and enjoyable day, thanks guys!"

• Mike Cripps , Wicket Developer , , UK
  ... a high standard and very enjoyable [show]
  "Just to say thanks for organising the talks last night (4th June) - they were all of a high standard and very enjoyable."

• Vladislav Sushko , Proxim-IT , UK
  a clear and in-depth introduction to Apache Wicket [show]
  "I would like to say thanks to both of you for a clear and in-depth introduction to Apache Wicket. It has been an enjoyable and challenging jWeekeend experience."

• Karen Low , 3B Workshop , Malaysia
  Definitely something that you might want to go for if you're looking for a wicket training [show]
  "I enjoyed the training, moreover, I've gained the knowledge that could help me get started in using wicket. Definitely something that you might want to go for if you're looking for a wicket training."

• Ioannis Mavroukakis , , UK
  the atmosphere was extremely friendly and the content was very enlightening [show]
  "... just wanted to drop you a quick email to say how much I enjoyed the last event, the atmosphere was extremely friendly and the content was very enlightening especially for a newbie like myself!"

• Oli Evans , Proxim-IT , UK
  the Wicket course was exactly what we were looking for [show]
  "Thanks for an interesting and productive weekend. I felt the Wicket course was exactly what we were looking for and had a good balance between presentations, discussion and hands on tinkering. Even though our group came from radically different development backgrounds I think everyone came away with a useful understanding of the framework. Al has a clear presentation style and you both successfully fielded queries from beginners, experienced wicketeers, and talented web developers used to other ways of doing things... i doff my cap to you."

• Morten Steffensen , Emercos , Denmark
  It is amazing how much you can learn in just 2 days! [show]
  "A subcontractor had recommended the Apache Wicket course arranged by JWeekend, I finally found the time to participate March 21-22. Alastair and Cemal did a very good job at teaching Wicket with lots of hands-on tutorials. It is amazing how much you can learn in just 2 days! My ideal web stack is now wicket/spring/jpa/hibernate and I feel very efficient :)"

• Carl Azoury , Co-Director , Zenika , France
  we look forward to growing our training partnership with jWeekend alongside those with Interface21 [show]
  "... as we have worked with Cemal on high profile development projects, and we look forward to growing our training partnership with jWeekend alongside those with Interface21 [now SpringSource] and other established partnerships."

• Jatin Patel , BNP Paribas , UK
  a very enjoyable and valuable experience and I recommend this course for anyone [show]
  "The material we covered in 2 days was incredible and the way in which complexity and level of detail was covered was quite unique. Cemal has given us a very enjoyable and valuable experience and I recommend this course for anyone who has done a bit of Java looking to move to the next step."