The JBoss Rules is targeted at middleware application developers, with zero to moderate experience with rule technology. Developers who need to use rule technologies to manage their applications business logic, and integrate the rule engine with their application would get value from this course. Further to this, application architects or advanced developers looking to improve approaches to business logic management in their applications would also find this course of value - it also serves as an introduction to rule based technologies. Course Description The course covers Drools 4.0, including the various languages that can be used to author business rules, the Business Rule Management System, forward chaining and the RETE algorithm, advanced rule authoring, execution control, ruleflow, and performance considerations and debugging. Prerequisites: Pre-requisite skills for this course are: * Basic Java competency * Some familiarity with Eclipse Audience JB451 JBoss Rules is targeted at middleware application developers, with zero to moderate experience with rule technology. Developers who need to use rule technologies to manage their applications business logic, and integrate the rule engine with their application would get value from this course. Further to this, application architects or advanced developers looking to improve approaches to business logic management in their applications would also find this course of value - it also serves as an introduction to rule based technologies.