WA1058 WSAD Boot Camp for Java Programmers
Course Outline
1. Introduction to WebSphere Studio Application Developer
  • WebSphere Studio architecture
  • WSAD workspace and workbench
  • WebSphere Studio family offerings
  • WSAD vs. VisualAge for Java
2. Installing and Setting up WSAD
  • Installing WSAD
  • Setting up the workbench perspectives (Java, J2EE, Web, Server, Help)
  • Setting up the workbench views (Navigator, Editor, Task, Outline)
  • Setting up the workbench preferences
  • Creating a server instance and server configuration for WebSphere V4
  • Configuring a server instance
  • Starting and stopping the server instance
3. Creating Java Applications using WSAD
  • Creating a Java project
  • Creating a class
  • Using WSAD editors
  • Using WSAD wizards
  • Debugging and unit testing with WSAD
4. Creating Web Applications using WSAD
  • Creating a Web project
  • Creating servlets
  • Work with Page Designer
  • Creating JSPs
  • Creating a JavaBean
5. Creating EJBs using WSAD
  • Creating an EJB project
  • Creating an entity bean
  • Creating a meet-in-the-middle DB map
  • Creating a session bean
  • Unit testing with the WSAD EJB client
6. Deploying J2EE applications in WebSphere Application Server
  • J2EE application modules
  • Configuring J2EE deployment descriptors with WSAD
  • Export J2EE modules
  • Install J2EE modules in WebSphere Application Server
7. Migration from VisualAge for Java
  • Migrating from Visual Age for Java to WebSphere Studio Application Developer
  • EJB migration
  • Using third-party JAR files
  • Migration examples
8. Team Development
  • Understanding architecture and terminology of team development with WSAD
    • Versioning systems: e.g. CVS
    • WSAD Team Perspective
    • Management of team development actions
  • Becoming familiar with the tasks of setting team development environment, e.g.
    • Install CVS
    • Define a repository
    • Work with a repository
9. Building an application with Ant
  • Introduction to Ant
  • Ant build files
  • Built-in Ant tasks
  • Creating a simple build file in Ant
  • Running Ant
  • Working with J2EE and Ant
10. Profiling your application
  • Profiling Concepts
  • Configuring WebSphere Test Environment
  • Enabling the Profiling Agent in WSAD
  • Profiling processes at a remote host
11. Unit Testing with JUnit
  • What is JUnit
  • Installing JUnit for WSAD
  • Creating and running test cases
  • Creating and running test suites
12. Web Services using WSAD
  • Web Services overview
  • Creating Web Services
  • Using Web Services
  • Web Services and the UDDI Explorer