Early Partner Involvement

The San Francisco project was started because of requests from software vendors to help them find a way to take advantage of object oriented technology. We have continued to keep them involved as the project has evolved by reviewing our plans and designs with them at scheduled advisory group meetings. Their input and guidance are used to ensure that the frameworks that we are building will help them as they build their future products. More information on becoming involved in the San Francisco project can be found at our frameworks homepage, www.ibm.com/java/sanfrancisco.

One question that has been pervasive from software vendors is what should they do to prepare their development organizations for using object oriented technology and the San Francisco frameworks. To help answer this question we are offering a number of education courses to help them prepare. Introductory courses cover basic object oriented concepts and the Java programming language. Additional courses are available on object oriented analysis and design, and how to select initial projects that will have a high likelihood of succeeding. Finally, courses are given on the San Francisco frameworks, and how to use them as the basis for designing and building frameworks based applications.