I have been doing a lot of work around renewing my Java courses, talking to Heinz Kabutz in Crete, creating a new website.
Why?
Because I realized I have a passion for teaching others how to become great programmers. So am starting to concentrate more on training (while still doing enough real development work to keep the balance).
I am very excited to announce three new open Java courses that are going to be presented in June/July in South Africa by me.
First we have the Java and OO Foundation course, from 14-15 and 17-18 June 2010 (16th is Youth Day), happening in Worcester, South Africa, at our new training facility there. I can recommend this course to anyone starting out with OO and Java. Most of the content comes from my friend Heinz Kabutz’s JavaSpecialist Java Foundation course.
Then we have our first presentation of the Java Intermediate Course happening from 5 to 8 July, also in Worcester. I can recommend this course to developers who are comfortable with the basics of the Java language and OO, and who wants to learn more about real life Java topics like using JUnit, concurrency, generics and annotations.
Finally we have another big first for Africa: the first presentation of the now famous Java Specialist Master Course, from 13 to 16 July 2010. All those Soccer World Cup fans out there: stay a week longer in South Africa and come attend this brilliant course, authored by Heinz Kabutz.
I am extremely excited about our new training facilities in Worcester, which we call “The Loft @ PolymorphHQ”. Worcester is only about 100km away from Cape Town, a very scenic drive over the mountains. I am planning to combine all courses presented in Worcester with a bit of wine-tasting or even game-drive experiences. We are also investigating providing special packages that include accommodation. And we will definitely work in a nice steak and some good red wine with great Java discussions one of the evenings of the course.
I also want to announce our The Loft opening special: if you register for both the Java and OO Foundation (14 June 2010) and the Java Intermediate (5 July 2010) courses, you save R7,000.
I hope to have a lot of great Java developers coming out of Worcester these next few years 
