Introduction to Rational Application Developer v6.0
Onsite Instructor-Led Format



Audience
Java developers, web page designers and other professionals that will be designing, developing and implementing large scale applications using JSPs, JSFs, servlets, EJBs, portals Service Data Objects (SDOs) using Rational Application Developer v6.0.
   

Duration

 1 Day
   
Course Abstract
This course will integrate a combination of instructor-led discussions and interactive workshops to demonstrate the usage of J2EE v1.4 abilities and development capabilities of RAD v6.0. This seminar will focus on the transition of experienced developers to RAD v6.0 for the building of Java Servlets, JSPs, JavaServer Faces, EJB v2.1, use of UML diagrams, the role of Service Data Objects in EIS development, debugger and JUnit integration, business logic using Enterprise Generation Language, developing portals and portlets and the use of Web Services.
   
Objectives

Upon conclusion participants will have acquired these skills:

  • Understand the role of the RAD v6.0 IDE tool
  • Explain the role of RAD projects and perspectives
  • Demonstrate the usage of RAD wizards for rapidly developing components, projects and servers
  • Illustrate the J2EE 1.4 component model and role in designing server-side applications
  • Develop, debug and test servlet and JSP components and integrate JUnit testing component
  • Illustrate the development of Service Data Objects (SDO) for accessing data fields and linking them to the interface.
  • Depict the role of JavaServer Faces for building web pages by assembling reusable components
  • Understand the use of Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) for building 4GL style processing
  • Demonstrate the development of portal applications and the creation of portlets
  • Illustrate UML visualization in RAD v6.0
  • Illustrate RAD v6.0 EAR, WAR and JAR packaging
  • Deploy applications to the embedded WebSphere Application Server
   
Class Format Lecture and Lab
   
Prerequisites

Each student should have a basic knowledge of WSAD v5.x and have been exposed to the Java programming language.
Course Topics

The following list represents the sections and topics discussed in this virtual instructor-led course offering.
 

WebSphere v6.0 Overview

  • WebSphere products
  • Standalone vs Network Deployment administration
  • J2EE v1.4 overview
  • J2EE packaging
  • Application lifecycle
  • WebSphere architecture
    o Cells
    o Clusters
    o Nodes
    o Node Agents
    o Web Services Gateway

RAD v6.0 IDE

  • IDE environment
    o Perspectives
    o Editors
    o Views
    o Layouts
  • Project architecture
    o EAR
    o WAR
    o JAR
    o RAR
  • Project types
    o Enterprise
    o Application Client
    o Dynamic/Static Web
    o Connectors
    o Server
  • Project properties

Unified Modeling Language

  • Defining UML
  • Visual Modeling with UML
    o Notation
    o Building blocks
    o Relationships
    • Dependency
    • Association
    • Generalization
  • Aggregation
  • Rational Unified Process
    o Process Advisor
    o Process Browser
  • Application visualization with UML
    o Browse diagram
    o Topic diagram
    o Static Method diagram
    o Class diagram
    o Sequence diagram
  • J2EE visualization