Need Input: Structuring a Hands-On Mendix Training for Developers & Recommended Materials!

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Hi Community, I’m excited to share that I’ll be delivering a five-week Mendix training program for a group of business users and developers, where participants will also be working toward earning their Rapid and Intermediate Developer certifications during the course. I’m already certified at the Rapid and Intermediate levels, and I want to make this program as impactful and engaging as possible for both audiences. The training will cover core topics such as: Domain Model Microflows Pages and UI Security (user roles, access rules) XPath expressions Version Control (Team Server & branching) I’d appreciate your input on the following: Which exercises or mini-projects have helped you teach Mendix concepts effectively? How do you keep developers engaged across multiple sessions? Any tips for incorporating best practices, microflows and modularization. Do you recommend training them using the latest Mendix LTS version?  Apologies for the long post, just wanted to cover everything clearly so I can get the most helpful feedback! I want this training to truly prepare developers for professional Mendix projects.
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Hello Nada,

 

Sorry for not answering your question on Slack! Now I see your Goal.

For the subject Performance Best Practices, I would  recommend the links below (that I'm using as inspiration to build my the internal document for my company):

 

* https://www.clevr.com/blog/20-performance-tips-mendix

* https://www.clevr.com/blog/mendix/top-10-performance-improvement-tips-for-mendix

* https://www.clevr.com/blog/how-to-speed-up-your-mendix-app-part-1

* https://www.clevr.com/blog/how-to-speed-up-your-mendix-app-part-2

* https://www.clevr.com/blog/how-to-speed-up-your-mendix-app-part-3

* https://www.clevr.com/blog/performance-management/just-in-time-performance-management

* https://docs.mendix.com/refguide/community-best-practices-for-app-performance/

* https://docs.mendix.com/refguide/detect-and-resolve-performance-issues/

* https://medium.com/mendix/five-tips-for-working-with-large-database-tables-in-mendix-170210f6f6fd

* https://medium.com/mendix/performance-modelling-in-mendix-indexes-e5d6688d2701

 

See also:

* https://stephanbruijnis.dev/posts/

* https://bartgroot.nl/category/mendix/

* https://www.auraq.com/blogs/

* My Medium MxBlog: https://vstram.medium.com/

 

Unfortunately, I'm not allowed to share with you the internal material I'm working on.

 

I wish Good luck in your journey to create this material.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hi Nada,

 

Not sure when your five-week training will start, but I recommend to try and become an official Mendix trainer (you can contact academy@mendix.com). When you apply for this 'T3: Train the trainer' course, they will provide you with material for learning and then teaching the Rapid/Intermediate training courses, and they will provide you with tips and tricks, just like you asked.

 

But till that time, I would suggest to practice first with some people to receive feedback on your teaching skills. And for setting up a training, I think you might find some valuable tips when you start Googling that. For example; time management, taking breaks, interacting with audience, etc. And for the Rapid course, start with the basics of low-code and object oriented modeling before getting hands-on. And follow the learning path content, don't go too deep into the subjects yet.

 

Hope this helps!

Emiel

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