WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer - Online Course

The WebSphere Rational Application Developer (WRAD) series teaches learners how to use the integrated development environment (IDE) provided by WRAD to create and deploy Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications. Learners will use their knowledge to develop and deploy J2EE applications that utilize database connectivity, graphical user interface (GUI), Extensible Markup Language (XML) and Universal Modeling Language (UML) technologies, as well as Java technologies such as Java Server Page (JSP), Struts, Java Server Faces (JSF), Servlets and Enterprise Java Beans.

This series is for anyone who wants to learn about creating and deploying J2EE applications using IBM's WebSphere Rational Application Developer (WRAD). This online course contains 20 lessons and should take approximately 20 hours to complete.

Lesson 1: Introduction to Rational Application Developer (1.0) hour

Introduction to Rational Application Developer teaches you how to classify WRAD in the WebSphere family, describe major benefits and features of the WRAD development environment, and classify WRAD development features. This course gives a foundation of WebSphere Rational Application Developer (WRAD) fundamentals upon which to build. The course highlights the development and productivity features of the WRAD interface, showing their basis in the Eclipse framework. Topics include Introduction to Rational Application Developer.

Lesson 2: Programming Technologies Overview (1.0) hour

Programming Technologies Overview teaches you how to describe programming languages and technologies supported by WebSphere Rational Application Developer 7.0. This course gives an overview of programming technologies supported by WebSphere Rational Application Developer (WRAD). This course provides descriptions of the programming languages and technologies supported by WRAD. Topics include Programming Technologies Overview.

Lesson 3: Environment Setup and Preferences (1.0) hour

Environment Setup and Preferences teaches you how to identify WRAD environment and preferences settings, obtain proficiency in navigating the Workbench environment, and define perspectives and views. This course teaches how to customize the WebSphere Rational Application Developer (WRAD) environment and preferences. This course demonstrates how to manage the Workbench environment and preferences. Topics include Environment Setup and Preferences.

Lesson 4: Projects (1.0) hour

Projects teaches you how to show how to create and organize projects in WebSphere, and classify development and productivity features. This course demonstrates how to organize work using projects, folders and files. The course highlights the development and productivity features of the WRAD interface. Topics include Projects.

Lesson 5: Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Unified Modeling Language (UML) (1.0) hour

Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Unified Modeling Language (UML) teaches you how to summarize and describe major benefits and features of Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Unified Modeling Language (UML), illustrate WRAD 7.0 support for RUP and UML, and define best practices in software design and how they are supported by RUP, UML and WRAD. This course describes the foundations of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Unified Modeling Language (UML). The course illustrates how to use UML diagrams to model the fundamental characteristics and behavior of a system. Topics include Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Unified Modeling Language (UML).

Lesson 6: Developing Java Applications (1.0) hour

Developing Java Applications teaches you how to discuss the history and features of Java, describe Java productivity and development features of WRAD, and classify WRAD development features. This course illustrates the fundamentals of developing Java applications using WebSphere Rational Application Developer (WRAD). The course highlights the development and productivity features of the WRAD interface. Topics include Developing Java Applications.

Lesson 7: Developing Database Applications (1.0) hour

Developing Database Applications teaches you how to summarize and describe database development tools and features provided by the Workbench, illustrate how Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is used to connect to databases, and demonstrate the views, profilers and wizards available for database development. This course describes the fundamentals of developing databases applications using WebSphere Rational Application Developer (WRAD). The course highlights the development and productivity features of the WRAD interface. Topics include Developing Database Applications.

Lesson 8: Developing Graphical User Interface (GUI) Applications (1.0) hour

Developing Graphical User Interface (GUI) Applications teaches you how to summarize and describe how to work with the Visual Editor to develop graphical user interface (GUI) applications, work with components of the Visual Editor, design Java classes with the Visual Editor, test and debug under the Visual Editor, and bind graphical components to data. This course provides a foundation of WebSphere Rational Application Developer (WRAD) fundamentals upon which to build. The course highlights the development and productivity features of the WRAD interface, showing their basis in the Eclipse framework. Topics include Developing Graphical User Interface (GUI) Applications.

Lesson 9: Developing XML Applications (1.0) hour

Developing XML Applications teaches you how to summarize and describe major XML-related benefits and features of the WebSphere Rational Application Developer (WRAD) development environment, classify XML-related WRAD development features, and illustrate interactions between XML and Java. This course demonstrates how to create Extensible Markup Language (XML) applications in WebSphere Rational Application Developer. The course highlights the development and productivity features of the WRAD interface, illustrating how to be more productive. Topics include Developing XML Applications.

Lesson 10: Developing JSP/Servlet-based Web Applications (1.0) hour

Developing JSP/Servlet-based Web Applications teaches you how to illustrate JSP/Servlet development capabilities of WRAD, describe major JSP/Servlet related benefits and features of WRAD development environment, and classify WRAD JSP/Servlet development features. This course demonstrates how to create Java Server Pages (JSP) and Servlet based applications using WebSphere Rational Application Developer. The course describes the tools that WRAD offers for quickly creating and publishing Web sites. Topics include Developing JSP/Servlet-based Web Applications.

Lesson 11: Developing Struts-Based Web Applications (1.0) hour

Developing Struts-Based Web Applications teaches you how to describe Struts architecture, describe Struts wizards in WRAD, describe benefits and features of Struts, and describe creation of a Struts project in WRAD. This course teaches the fundamentals of the Struts architecture for Web development, illustrating the tools supplied by WebSphere Rational Application Developer for Struts development. Topics include Developing Struts-based Web Applications.

Lesson 12: Developing Java Server Faces (JSF)-based Web Applications (1.0) hour

Developing Java Server Faces (JSF)-based Web Applications teaches you how to describe Java Server Faces and Service Data Objects technologies, describe WRAD developer support for JSF and SDO technologies, and classify WRAD development features. This course teaches the fundamentals of Java Server Faces (JSF) and Service Data Objects (SDO). Using these technologies to more easily and quickly build unified data programming applications across technologies is also discussed. Topics include Developing Java Server Faces (JSF)-based Web Applications.

Lesson 13: Enterprise Generation Language (EGL)-based Web Applications (1.0) hour

Enterprise Generation Language (EGL)-based Web Applications teaches you how to summarize and describe major benefits and features of EGL, illustrate how to transform EGL code to Java code, and classify and describe WRAD development and productivity features that support EGL project development. This course teaches the foundations of Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) and shows how EGL can be used to speed the development of business applications. Topics include Developing Enterprise Generation Language (EGL)-based Web Applications.

Lesson 14: Developing Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)-Based Web Applications (1.0) hour

Developing Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)-Based Web Applications teaches you how to summarize and describe major benefits and features Enterprise Java Beans, and summarize and describe features of the WRAD development environment that support EJB development. This course teaches the fundamentals of Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) development using WebSphere Rational Application Developer. Topics include Developing Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)-Based Web Applications.

Lesson 15: Developing Java 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)-Based Web Applications (1.0) hour

Developing Java 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)-Based Web Applications teaches you how to describe the creation of J2EE application clients, describe features of WRAD development environment that support creation of J2EE application clients, and classify WRAD development features. This course teaches how to create Java clients for J2EE applications. The course highlights the features that WebSphere Rational Application Developer provides to increase the developer's productivity in the creation of J2EE application clients. Topics include Developing Java 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)-Based Web Applications.

Lesson 16: Developing Web Services Applications (1.0) hour

Developing Web Services Applications teaches you how to describe Web Services and SOA, describe features and benefits of WRAD environment that support Web Services development and SOA, and classify WRAD development features. This course teaches how to create Web Services and shows how Web Services are used to implement a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Topics include Developing Web Services Applications.

Lesson 17: Servers and Server Configuration (1.0) hour

Servers and Server Configuration teaches you how to describe how to create server test environments, describe how to configure application and server resources, and describe how to publish application changes. This course teaches how to configure deployment platforms upon which to install J2EE applications. Topics include Servers and Server Configuration.

Lesson 18: Debug Local and Remote Applications (1.0) hour

Debug Local and Remote Applications teaches you how to summarize and describe major benefits and features of WebSphere Rational Application Developer (WRAD) development environment, describe the debugging process, describe WRAD's debugging environment, and classify WRAD debugging features. This course teaches how to use WebSphere Rational Application Developer's debugging facilities to debug applications on local and remote servers. Topics include Debugging Local and Remote Applications.

Lesson 19: Enterprise Application Deployment (1.0) hour

Enterprise Application Deployment teaches you how to describe the structure of Enterprise Archive files, explain how to package applications for export as Enterprise Archive files, and describe and classify WRAD support for Enterprise Application packaging and deployment. This coures teaches how to package applications for enterprise deployment. Architectural features of Enterprise Application files are covered. Topics include Enterprise Application Deployment.

Lesson 20: Review and Summary (1.0) hour

Review and Summary teaches you how to summarize and review key topics in previous courses, and highlight development and productivity features of WebSphere Rational Application Developer. This course summarizes and reviews the major topics covered in the previous courses in the series. Topics include Review and Summary.