WA1559 RAD v7.0 Technical Overview Training and Courseware Course Outline

1. Introduction to Rational Application Developer 7

  • Eclipse Platform
  • Rational Application Developer
  • Key Features in RAD v7
  • Views, Perspective and Editor Areas
  • Basic Operations with RAD Views and Perspectives
  • The Java Perspective
  • The Debug Perspective
  • Navigator View
  • Package Explorer
  • Outline View
  • Task and Problems View
  • Build and Validation
  • Import and Export Project
  • Project Interchange Feature
  • Code Completion, Templates and Snippets
  • Searching
  • Setup Compiler Class Path
  • JRE Switching
  • Refactoring
  • Changing Class Name
  • Changing Method Name
  • Changing Variable Name
  • Generalizing a Variable
  • Moving a Class to a Different Package
  • Extracting Code to a Method
  • Pull-up and Push-down Methods
  • Migrating Workspace from WSAD v5.x
  • Migrating J2EE Applications
  • J2EE Migration Wizard
  • Summary
 

2. J2EE Programming Tools

  • Objectives
  • Project Explorer
  • Servers View
  • The J2EE Perspective
  • The Web Perspective
  • Create an Enterprise Application
  • Setup Utility JAR
  • Create an EJB Project
  • Create a Web Project
  • Setup Dependent JAR Files
  • Create Server Instance and Server Configuration
  • Configure Server Instance
  • Add an Enterprise Application Project to the Test Server
  • Start and Stop the Server
  • Test a Servlet
  • Debug a servlet
  • Test a JSP
  • Debug a JSP
  • Summary
 

3. Introduction to ANT

  • What is Ant?
  • Ant Basics
  • What Is build.xml?
  • Simple build.xml
  • Ant Targets
  • Ant Tasks
  • Ant Variables
  • Ant and J2EE
  • Using ant from RAD
  • Running Ant
  • Advanced Task
 

4. Test-Driven Development with JUnit

  • Component Testing
  • Component Test
  • Testing Frameworks
  • JUnit
  • JUnit TestCase
  • Assert Statements
  • TestSuite
  • TestRunners
  • JUnit in RAD
  • Add junit.jar Manually
  • JUnit in RAD
  • Component Testing
  • Components to Test
  • EJB Testing
  • Web Service Testing
  • Summary
 

5. Code Review

  • Code Review
  • Types of Code Review
  • Rule
  • Rule Severity Level
  • Information on a Rule
  • Analysis Configurations
  • Configuring Code Reviews
  • Configure the Review Rules
  • Create User Defined Rule
  • Select a Template Window
  • Rule Properties
  • Perform Automated Code Review
  • Run Code Review
  • Code Review Details
  • Quick Fixes
  • Summary
 

6. Team Development

  • Objectives
  • Goals of Team Development
  • Team Development Architecture
  • Workspace
  • Repository
  • Synchronize Workspace with Repository
  • Creating a Milestone
  • Branching
  • Version Control Systems
  • Major Tasks for Setting up Team Environment in RAD
  • Install CVS NT
  • Add Repository Connection
  • Add a Project to CVS
  • Import Project from Shared Repository
  • Plain Commit / Update
  • Synchronize Workspace with Repository
  • Synchronize Workspace with Repository Commit/Update
  • CVS Resource History
  • Creating a Milestone
  • Restoring a Milestone
  • Creating a Branch
  • Summary