Course Description:
The Platform Symphony Application Programming course is designed for attendees to learn both basic and advanced programming skills for grid-enabling applications using Symphony Developer Edition. The attendees will gain a solid understanding of Symphony architecture, learn Symphony grid-enablement features and skills, and acquire various tips and techniques for performance tuning and trouble-shooting.

Who Should Attend:
This course is designed for Application Programmers who will grid-enable existing applications, or design and develop new grid-ready applications. Anyone who wants to gain knowledge and skills of application grid-enablement will benefit from this course.

Course Pre-requisite:
Attendees should be familiar with one popular programming language such as C++ and with UNIX/Linux and/or Windows operating systems. Previous experience with Grid Computing technologies and solutions is beneficial but not required.

Course Materials:
All participants will receive a copy of the training manual and workshops.

Course Content:
This course covers the following:
- Symphony and Symphony Developer Edition Overview
- Introduction to Symphony API
- Application Deployment and Management
- Advanced Symphony Functionality
- Best Practices
- Troubleshooting and Performance Tuning