WestLake's goal for providing training is to teach practical skills that are highly applicable. When a student finishes a WestLake course he/she should be able to apply this knowledge immediately. As such, we're less focused on the traditional certifications and more interested in teaching Web developers how to do things effectively and accurately. To accomplish this goal we've developed a unique approach to our week-long classes called Capstone Series.

A Capstone Series is a blending of the most practical topics from a variety of WestLake courses. The series utilizes a Capstone project as a thread that ties together the course concepts. The project topics change frequently and are often completed either individually or in the classroom. The idea behind the Capstone Series is to provide hands-on experience that will give the developer confidence when applying newly learned principles in practice. Students who successfully complete the class exercises and/or Capstone project will receive the WestLake certification along with real-world sample code.

We currently have 14 Capstone Classes:

WestLake Capstone Series: Java Developer (5 Days, Class #900)

WestLake Capstone Series: Advanced .NET Web Programming (5 Days, Class #642)

WestLake Capstone Series: Advanced .NET Programming (5 Days, Class #640)

WesLake Capstone Series: .NET Web Developer (5 Days, Class #600)

WestLake Capstone Series: Fundamentals of Relational Databases (5 Days, Class #800)

WestLake Capstone Series: Macromedia ColdFusion Developer (5 Days, Class #500)

WestLake Capstone Series: JavaScript: DOM Scripting (DHTML) (5 Days, Class #300)

WestLake Capstone Series: Adobe Flash Developer (5 Days, Class #246)

WestLake Capstone Series: Adobe Dreamweaver Developer (5 Days, Class #202)

WestLake Capstone Series: XML Developer (5 Days, Class #415)

WestLake Capstone Series: Web Fundamentals & Design (5 Days, Class #106)

WestLake Capstone Series: Advanced Java Web Developer (5 Days, Class #942)

WestLake Capstone Series: Dynamic, Data-Driven Websites (5 Days, Class #899)

 

View our schedule to see when our Capstone Series technical courses will be available.