Architecting for Performance with Versant Java

Objectives

Upon completion of this course a student will be able to transparently create, retrieve, update, and delete persistent Java objects using a Versant database. They will be able to use their understanding of the Versant architecture and API develop performant, scalable applications.

Target Audience

• Java developers who want to add persistence to their application.
• Developers already using Versant who want to learn how to improve concurrency/performance.
• Developers new to an existing Versant project.

Lifecycle Stage

This class can be taken at any time, but is best taken early in the development phase.

Minimum Pre-requisites

• Understanding of basic operating system commands for NT and/or Unix.
• Experience developing applications with Java and corresponding object oriented concepts, such as inheritance, polymorphism, encapsulation, aggregation and association.

Helpful Pre-requisites

• Experience developing applications against a database.
• Familiarity with transactional based programming and understanding of client/server design and implementation.

Course Length

3 or 4 Days

Course Topics

• Installation: file layout, environment settings, global configuration
• Database concepts: Versant architecture, sessions and transactions, locking, Versant tools
• Persistence: enhancement, class schemas, Versant classes and methods
• Maximizing concurrency: Optimistic and pessimistice locking models, collections, first-class and second-class objects, distributed databases
• Performance tuning: statistics collection, object model design, navigation and queries, multi-thread multi-session design
• Planning: schema evolution, Versant Fault-Tolerant Server (FTS)

Format

Instructor-led with hands-on labs that reinforce key concepts.
Versant instructors use their real-world experience to reinforce the prepared materials.