Session Descriptions

Track 2 Web Development with Java, Rational, and other Technologies

AJAX: New Age Web Development for System i
See a live demonstration of how AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) increases a Web page’s responsiveness, interactivity, and usability by exchanging small amounts of data with the server behind the scenes instead of reloading the whole page. Get up to speed quickly on how AJAX works, including the key technologies involved in AJAX-like HTML, JavaScript, DHTML, and DOM. Learn how you can improve your iSeries Web applications with this dynamic, userdriven, interactive approach to Web development. Find out who’s using AJAX and how, and explore the best ways to integrate AJAX into your iSeries Web applications. Walk away with sample code to put to use at your organization immediately!

Hands-on Lab
Integrating Applications Using AJAX
Dive into AJAX, the hottest new technology for Web applications, and uncover the collection of development tools that work together that make this technique so powerful. From interactive UIs to multi-homed applications, see how you can leverage AJAX to bring a new level of functionality to today’s browser. Walk through the details of using an open source AJAX framework to build a fully functional portal application using a simple JavaServer Pages (JSP) architecture. Then find out what it takes to expand that framework to integrate multiple host applications. An understanding of JSPs is a prerequisite for this session.

Getting Started with SOA on the IBM i
Learn how to better adapt to the rapid changes you face everyday in your business by getting started with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) on IBM i. Shed light on the many misconceptions by gaining a better understanding of SOA’s business value; find out why every major software company and analyst is endorsing this architecture; and see how it can be used as a foundation for an on-demand business. Wrap your arms around what services, service orientation, Service Oriented Architecture, and composite applications are, and how they are impacting your world.

Hands-on Lab
Introduction to Servlets and JSPs
Adding JavaServer Pages (JSPs) to your programming toolkit was never so easy! This lab removes all the mystery surrounding JSPs and shows you how easy it is to design a browser front-end that executes business logic written in RPG or COBOL. Walk step-by-step through the process, starting from a simple HTML page and adding features piece by piece until you have a complete, working, JSP Model 2 application. Along the way, learn to use servlets, JavaServer Pages, and IBM’s Java Toolbox for the iSeries. You can do it all using the latest version of WDSC, still the premiere development Java EE development tool!

Getting the most out of Java with the IBM i
Come to this session to gain a solid understanding of how to use Java in a business environment. Through a number of practical examples including generating PDFs and sending them via email, learn how and why you should add Java into your existing systems. Familiarize yourself with the incredible spectrum of Java software — much of which is free — so you can integrate it into your shop immediately!

Using the Java Toolbox to Integrate Java with iSeries Data and Programs
Java and Web applications have emerged as dominant and strategic technologies within the iSeries community. Learn how you can leverage and reuse existing iSeries resources as RPG programs, CL commands, message queues, and spool files. See how real business applications have used these components of the Java Toolbox to solve your interoperability challenges. Understand the new components that are now available with V6R1. Explore programming techniques to call RPG programs from Java and integrate iSeries spool files with Java applications. Leave with the skills to effectively use the Java Toolbox and the resources to create your own custom applications.

Hands-on Lab
Building N-Tier Applications Using WDSC
Find out firsthand when (and why) to use N-tier architecture, how to connect a JSP Model 2 user interface to an RPG backend, and how to separate business logic and presentation. This hands-on lab provides you with all the tools and techniques needed to create a maintenance application using a JSP Model 2 architecture with a browser front-end and an RPG back-end. Increase your knowledge of clients, servers, and messages, and see a step-by-step implementation of both the client and the servers that use the strength of JSPs for the UI while keeping your business logic in RPG.

Eclipse, Rational, WDSC : What They Mean to You and i
Eclipse has taken the development world by storm; Rational is IBM’s development product line; and RDi is IBM’s must-have IDE, replacing the powerful WDSC tooling. In this all-encompassing session, learn everything you need to know about these four entities and how they interrelate. Explore RDi, the PC-based GUI development tool that does everything PDM and SEU can do and more, including providing a gateway to Web application development via RDi SOA and EGL. Find out how RDi springboards from the Rational tooling that is built on the open source Eclipse workbench, offering programmers hundreds of reusable plug-ins. Walk through the basics of Eclipse, see how it makes programming easier, and tap into some of the coolest RDi insider techniques — little-known gems that will make you a more productive developer.

Extending Rational Tools Using Eclipse Plug-ins
Extend the capabilities of your Rational Tools and create a working environment that suits you best! This session delves deep into the world of Eclipse plug-ins and provides you with examples of the best tools to add to your workbench for enhanced productivity — some specific to the IBM i and some generic. See how Arcad lets you invoke a 5250 session from within RDi. Learn how to create and install the Quantum DB plug-in so you can connect to any database in your organization using standard JDBC drivers.

Hands-on Lab
Web Development with EGL and RDi-SOA
If you’re looking for the hands-down fastest way to create a Web application, then EGL is the answer, and RDi-SOA is the tool to make it happen. Dive into EGL, IBM’s newest business language that provides fast, efficient WYSIWYG design of browser interfaces. See how EGL enables you to easily connect to back-end business logic by calling an RPG program with literally one line of code! Get your hands on RDi-SOA by building a working multi-tiered business application using both SQL access and RPG business logic. Walk away from this lab with the ability to use RDi-SOA with EGL to build a Web application with no Java, JavaScript, or even HTML required!

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