Course Syllabus: In-Depth unipaas Programming Techniques

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1 Course Syllabus: In-Depth unipaas Programming Techniques TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1 COURSE OBJECTIVES AND GOALS GENERAL COURSE DETAILS DETAILED LESSONS OUTLINE WORKING WITH MEMORY EXECUTING CONCURRENT WINDOWS WORKING WITH XMLS INTERACTING WITH THE WEB HANDLING TEXT FILES REUSABLE PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUES ADVANCED LOGIC UNITS TECHNICAL MATERIAL MAGIC SOFTWARE UNIVERSITY COURSE AND KNOWLEDGE PREREQUISITES SETTING UP YOUR PC FOR THIS COURSE...6 Page 1 of 6

2 1 Course Objectives and Goals Every application developer has the same goal to produce the most effective applications in the shortest possible time with the best application experience for the end user. This is where learning and applying reusable techniques and methods enter the picture and play a big part. Magic Software University's In-Depth unipaas Programming Techniques course is designed to take existing unipaas programming skills to the next level, improve the quality of applications, and help future projects get off the ground quicker. Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to: Work with XML files and related functions. Interact with the web by using Web services and HTTP Get functionality in unipaas. Design programs to work with different window interfaces (MDI and SDI) and handle them concurrently. Reap the benefits of reusing business services by applying components in unipaas. Define new developer functions and even override existing functions. Handle and merge data into an external text file (HTML, CSV and so on) by creating structured templates, merge tags and related functions. Overcome the challenge of handling an unknown size of data or content type using BLOBs and their related functions. Handle information temporarily without actually saving it to a database, use Memory tables and associated functions. Work with the special vector methods and related functions. Fetch multiple values from strings using related functions. Handle advanced logic units, such as working with timers and expressions. Add multi-mark functionality to an application. And more This course targets a wide range of topics that are common for both Open Client and RIA environments. Within this scope, as part of this course, the student will also deal with familiar topics that were covered in basic courses or perhaps learned independently on the job; however, the student s knowledge will be broadened by acquiring a deeper and expanded intermediate skill set. The course relies heavily on practice. The student will carry out practical examples and exercises throughout the course. To help with this process, sample programs are provided for each lesson and are part of the seminar installation. Performing these examples and exercises fully and with careful attention to directions is of the utmost importance in this course. Before attending the course, it is highly recommended to read the detailed outline of the lessons. So, it is time to get even more from your unipaas experience and provide greater value to your customers. Really dig discover and deliver! 2 General Course Details Course ID: UCIDPRTCN Level: Professional Format: Classroom instructor-led training (ILT). Schedule a private on-site training or join a public course. Target Audience: Experienced unipaas developers Duration: 13 net learning hours over 2 days* *Magic Software University may change the course's content/duration with no prior notification. Page 2 of 6

3 3 Detailed Outline of Lessons The course consists of the following lessons: 3.1 Working with Memory Blobs The student will learn how to overcome the challenge of handling an unknown size of data or content type using BLOBs and their related functions Memory Tables In many programming scenarios, a need arises to handle information temporarily without actually saving it to the database. In such cases, it would be wise to use memory tables instead of regular tables. In this lesson, the student will gain an in-depth understanding of the memory table concept, as well as learn how to use the associated functions. The student will also obtain the knowledge of how to enable non-persistent memory table data to be persistent, when required Multi-Value String Handling Strings enable the holding of different values that are processed as one unit. During this lesson, the student will attain the skills of how to fetch predefined values from strings using StrToken functions Vectors Vectors are an array that enables storing and retrieving data from a specified cell index. There are cases that an application needs to interact with an external function that receives (or returns) only vectors. For those cases and others, at the end of this lesson, the student will learn how to work with the special vector methods. The student will also compare the pros and cons of using strings versus vectors and practice modifying the vector cells using a variety of vector functions. Page 3 of 6

4 3.2 Window Interfaces and Parallel Execution The capability of displaying and using multiple application windows simultaneously, without any dependency among them, has a real added value for the end user. During this lesson, the student will gain knowledge about how to: Design programs to work using different window interfaces (MDI and SDI) and handle them concurrently. Interact between programs using context-related functions. Share resources between contexts. 3.3 Working with XMLs XML stands for an extensive markup language used in documents containing structured information. XML is a flexible way to create common information formats and share both the format and the data. The ability to successfully cope with XMLs is a very important subject these days, since using them has become an industry standard for information sharing and integration. By the end of this lesson the student will know how to: Use functions to control an XML file. Retrieve a value from an element in an XML file and to return the number of instances there are in a particular element in an XML. Define an XML file as a data source and become familiar with the view panes. Handle an XML data source in tasks. Validate the XML file structure against the schema file (XSD). 3.4 Interacting with the Web Web Services During this lesson the student will: Learn how to interact with a website by using Web services and become familiar with the structured input and output protocol, which is WSDL (Web Service Description Language). Be able to invoke a Web service published on the web using related operations. Put into practice XML skills acquired in the previous lesson, to work with a DOC type Web service. Learn how to use the Web service security protocols for attaching signatures and encryptions. Use attachments in Web services HTTP Call In some cases, a website does not have a structured API that enables the programmer to fetch a file or post data to the website. During this lesson, the student will attain the skills of how to deal with those cases, by using the HTTPCall function. 3.5 Handling Text Files During this lesson, the student will gain advanced skills in how to handle text files, such as to import and export text files (CSV, RTF, and so on) by applying related functions. In addition, the student will become familiar with efficient programming techniques for handling text files, such as creating structured templates and applying them to merge data into a file by using merge tags and related functions. Page 4 of 6

5 3.6 Reusable Programming Techniques Components The heart of component-based development is that business services designed as components are inherently reusable when developing, and easily upgraded, maintained and deployed. The student will thoroughly comprehend the advantages of developing a unipaas component and how it immensely saves programming efforts and time to market. The student will practice reaping the benefits of using the built-in component builder tools and wizard, which unipaas provides for creating a unipaas Component Interface (ECI) file. In addition, the student will attain the ability to reveal objects, deal with the Runtime Task Tree and comprehend its mechanism, events, handlers and nested unipaas components Developer Functions UniPaaS has more than 400 built-in functions. During this lesson, the student will learn how to define new functions that will suit their needs and even override existing functions. The student will also gain the knowledge of when to use programs versus functions, practice the functions hierarchical precedence aspects and become familiar with the various considerations when choosing the function name and scope. 3.7 Advanced Logic Units During this lesson, the student will become familiar with additional types of handlers Multi-Marking The student will learn how to enable the user to use multi-marking for selecting records. The student will also learn how to catch multi-marking events and separately manage handlers for each of the selected records using related functions. In addition, the student will learn how to provide their own logic for the multi-marked rows Timer Event In daily development, it is often required to process a set of actions that are invoked every certain time interval. The student will learn how to implement a Timer event that happens after a defined time interval elapses Expression Events When dealing with complex events in an application, there are cases where a basic trigger may need additional capabilities to really provide an adequate answer and handle such an event. In those cases the developer will prefer to use Expression events. During the lesson, the student will learn how to create an expression logic unit that is triggered when a certain expression is true. 4 Technical Material The student will be provided with technical courseware with all the information required for completing the course including exercises, solutions and programs that will further develop the student s knowledge. All of this is accompanied by a practice CD that includes the product. Page 5 of 6

6 5 Magic Software University Course and Knowledge Prerequisites unipaas Learning Path This course is designed for a unipaas developer that meets one of the following conditions: Has at least 1 month of unipaas experience after successfully completing one of the following courses: Getting Started with unipaas Open Client or Getting Started with unipaas RIA or RIA Programming for unipaas Developers At least half a year of proven active and successful development of a unipaas application edeveloper V9.4 Learning Path This course is designed for a developer that has at least a half a year of proven active and successful development of an edeveloper V9.4 application. Please note: Due to the developer s experience and several overlapping topics, this course may not be suitable for a programmer that has successfully completed the course: Migration from edeveloper V9.4 to unipaas Open Client. However, the lesson Working with XMLs itself is definitely suitable and even recommended. In any case, it is highly advisable for edeveloper V9.4 programmers to read this full syllabus before deciding if to attend the course or not. 6 Setting Up Your PC for this Course unipaas license Database Computer requirements Hardware minimum requirements Display properties and font settings Software requirements For Windows 2000 / XP / 2000 Pro / XP Pro users Optional Web Server The MGDEMO license, for a standalone environment is included as part of the course CD. For conducting the course in a network environment setting, please obtain a unipaas MGCSTK evaluation license from your local Magic Software representative or trainer. The course includes SQLite, which is a single-user SQL database. Therefore, no additional database is required. Windows XP Pro and later Pentium processor 1.8GHz and upwards 512 RAM or greater At least 300MB free space Screen resolution of at least 1024x768 pixels. Small fonts. Supervisor access level is required. Optional.NET.NET Framework 2.0 Utilities PDF A Web server installed on your computer (available from your Windows operating system installation disk) The printable version of the course is in PDF format. You will need the Acrobat Reader to view its contents. July 2011 Page 6 of 6