WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Online Course

Summary:
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.

Audience:
This series is for anyone who wants to learn about creating and deploying J2EE applications using IBM's WebSphere Rational Application Developer (WRAD).

Features:
Flash and audio provide animated, interactive Lesson Introductions, Activities, and Simulations.
Audio accompanies each lesson page throughout the course.
Supplied sample files include sample documents, application files, programs, and programming code that enable learners to practice with these files, enhancing the learning experience.
A Course Topics list contains active hyperlinks, permitting quick access to specific topics.
Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, or in a dictionary. In addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a course to easily retrieve information required.
Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.
Bookmarking tracks a learner's progress in a course.

WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Introduction to Rational Application Developer
Summary:
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.

Objectives:
Classify WRAD in the WebSphere family
Describe major benefits and features of the WRAD development environment
Classify WRAD development features

Topics:
Introduction to Rational Application Developer
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Programming Technologies Overview
Summary:
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.

Objectives:
Describe programming languages and technologies supported by WebSphere Rational Application Developer 7.0

Topics:
Programming Technologies Overview
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Environment Setup and Preferences
Summary:
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.

Objectives:
Identify WRAD environment and preferences settings
Obtain proficiency in navigating the Workbench environment
Define perspectives and views

Topics:
Environment Setup and Preferences
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Projects
Summary:
This course demonstrates how to organize work using projects, folders and files. The course highlights the development and productivity features of the WRAD interface.

Objectives:
Show how to create and organize projects in WebSphere
Classify development and productivity features

Topics:
Projects
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Summary:
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.

Objectives:
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
Define best practices in software design and how they are supported by RUP, UML and WRAD

Topics:
Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Unified Modeling Language (UML)
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Developing Java Applications
Summary:
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.

Objectives:
Discuss the history and features of Java
Describe Java productivity and development features of WRAD
Classify WRAD development features

Topics:
Developing Java Applications
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Developing Database Applications
Summary:
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.

Objectives:
Summarize and describe database development tools and features provided by the Workbench
Illustrate how Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is used to connect to databases
Demonstrate the views, profilers and wizards available for database development

Topics:
Developing Database Applications
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Developing Graphical User Interface (GUI) Applications
Summary:
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.

Objectives:
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
Bind graphical components to data

Topics:
Developing Graphical User Interface (GUI) Applications
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Developing XML Applications
Summary:
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.

Objectives:
Summarize and describe major XML-related benefits and features of the WebSphere Rational Application Developer (WRAD) development environment
Classify XML-related WRAD development features
Illustrate interactions between XML and Java

Topics:
Developing XML Applications
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Developing JSP/Servlet-based Web Applications
Summary:
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.

Objectives:
Illustrate JSP/Servlet development capabilities of WRAD
Describe major JSP/Servlet related benefits and features of WRAD development environment
Classify WRAD JSP/Servlet development features

Topics:
Developing JSP/Servlet-based Web Applications
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Developing Struts-Based Web Applications
Summary:
This course teaches the fundamentals of the Struts architecture for Web development, illustrating the tools supplied by WebSphere Rational Application Developer for Struts development.

Objectives:
Describe Struts architecture
Describe Struts wizards in WRAD
Describe benefits and features of Struts
Describe creation of a Struts project in WRAD

Topics:
Developing Struts-based Web Applications
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Developing Java Server Faces (JSF)-based Web Applications
Summary:
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.

Objectives:
Describe Java Server Faces and Service Data Objects technologies
Describe WRAD developer support for JSF and SDO technologies
Classify WRAD development features

Topics:
Developing Java Server Faces (JSF)-based Web Applications
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Enterprise Generation Language (EGL)-based Web Applications
Summary:
This course teaches the foundations of Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) and shows how EGL can be used to speed the development of business applications.

Objectives:
Summarize and describe major benefits and features of EGL
Illustrate how to transform EGL code to Java code
Classify and describe WRAD development and productivity features that support EGL project development

Topics:
Developing Enterprise Generation Language (EGL)-based Web Applications
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Developing Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)-Based Web Applications
Summary:
This course teaches the fundamentals of Enterprise Java Beans (EJB) development using WebSphere Rational Application Developer.

Objectives:
Summarize and describe major benefits and features Enterprise Java Beans
Summarize and describe features of the WRAD development environment that support EJB development

Topics:
Developing Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)-Based Web Applications
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Developing Java 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)-Based Web Applications
Summary:
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.

Objectives:
Describe the creation of J2EE application clients
Describe features of WRAD development environment that support creation of J2EE application clients
Classify WRAD development features

Topics:
Developing Java 2, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)-Based Web Applications
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Developing Web Services Applications
Summary:
This course teaches how to create Web Services and shows how Web Services are used to implement a service-oriented architecture (SOA).

Objectives:
Describe Web Services and SOA
Describe features and benefits of WRAD environment that support Web Services development and SOA
Classify WRAD development features

Topics:
Developing Web Services Applications
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Servers and Server Configuration
Summary:
This course teaches how to configure deployment platforms upon which to install J2EE applications.

Objectives:
Describe how to create server test environments
Describe how to configure application and server resources
Describe how to publish application changes

Topics:
Servers and Server Configuration
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Debug Local and Remote Applications
Summary:
This course teaches how to use WebSphere Rational Application Developer's debugging facilities to debug applications on local and remote servers.

Objectives:
Summarize and describe major benefits and features of WebSphere Rational Application Developer (WRAD) development environment
Describe the debugging process
Describe WRAD's debugging environment
Classify WRAD debugging features

Topics:
Debugging Local and Remote Applications
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Enterprise Application Deployment
Summary:
This coures teaches how to package applications for enterprise deployment. Architectural features of Enterprise Application files are covered.

Objectives:
Describe the structure of Enterprise Archive files
Explain how to package applications for export as Enterprise Archive files
Describe and classify WRAD support for Enterprise Application packaging and deployment

Topics:
Enterprise Application Deployment
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WebSphere 7.0 with Rational Application Developer Series: Review and Summary
Summary:
This course summarizes and reviews the major topics covered in the previous courses in the series.

Objectives:
Summarize and review key topics in previous courses
Highlight development and productivity features of WebSphere Rational Application Developer

Topics:
Review and Summary
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