Vinyl Training Course Details
Online training for the Vinyl platform is available on-demand to customers and partners through Vinyl Academy. Explore our course offerings below.
Introduction to Vinyl
Looking to get hands-on experience with our newest release of Vinyl? This is the course for you!
Course Summary
Learn how to build an application in Vinyl from the ground up, starting with the data. Come see how everything is faster, easier, and more streamlined in this version of Vinyl. Upon completion, participants should feel comfortable with navigation, building a database and records, business rules, and creating pages & charts within Vinyl.
What will you learn?
- Navigate Vinyl and the Data, Business Logic, and UI Layers
- Build a database from the ground up and populate records
- Create and maintain Pages, Panels and Controls
- Create and modify Business Objects
- Cosmetic enhancements including Control Sets, Popup Pages, Google Maps
- Chart Panels – Creating Chart Pages, a Dashboard Page, and UI Improvements
- Create a Dashboard and UI Improvements
This course is designed for Beginner Vinyl Developers looking to gain familiarity and a general overview on building applications with Vinyl.
Data Modeling
Interested in learning how to design & build a Data Model for your Vinyl Application?
Course Summary
Our Data Modeling course will focus on the foundational concepts of Data Modeling and how those concepts can be applied to different scenarios. The focus will be on a Sample School application. For each exercise, there is a detailed breakdown of the value add. You will get to see the finished product before each lesson, to help add context for newer developers. Upon completion, participants should feel comfortable building out data models in Vinyl’s Data Storage Layer and how to use Simple and Advanced Data Model Visuals in your design and development cycles.
What will you learn?
- How to get started building a Data Model, by identifying the most important parts of the application first
- Relational Database Basics
- Key Fields
- Table Relationships
- Unique Key Constraints
- How to prevent Orphan Records
- Simple and Advanced Data Models
- New Table Design
- Vinyl Methodology and Best Practices
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for Beginner and Intermediate Vinyl Developers who are looking to gain more knowledge about how to design Data Models in Vinyl’s Data Layer.
What do you need?
It is recommended that you take our Intro to Vinyl Course as a prerequisite to this course.
Business Logic
Interested in learning how to design Business Rules and Events for your Vinyl application?
Course Summary
Our Business Logic course will focus on the foundational concepts of Vinyl’s Business Logic Layer and how those concepts can be applied to different scenarios. We will cover Vinyl Functions, advanced Business Rules, Multi Table Joins, Visibility Rules and much more! Upon completion, participants should feel comfortable building out Business Rules and Events in Vinyl’s Business Logic Layer.
What will you learn?
- Vinyl Functions (Basic and Advanced)
- Multi Table Objects, and the fundamental concepts of Table Joins (Inner, Cross and Outer Joins)
- Dynamic Substitution
- CRUD Business Rules
- Unique Key Constraints
- Intrinsic and User Defined Events
- Visibility Rules
- Union Objects
- Bridges
- Business Logic Principles
- Vinyl Methodology and Best Practices
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for Beginner and Intermediate Vinyl Developers who are looking to gain more knowledge about how to design Business Rules & Events in Vinyl’s Business Logic Layer.
What do you need?
It is recommended that you take our Intro to Vinyl Course as a prerequisite to this course.
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Start your Vinyl training today by logging in below. We are currently offering Introduction to Vinyl, Data Modeling, and Business Logic courses. Additional courses will be announced as they become available.