Unit: Introduction to WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD)


Unit Identifier: WS2001

Unit Overview:

This unit introduces the basic aspects and functions of the WSAD Workbench, which is the user interface for Application Developer. The unit helps students get up to speed quickly on navigating the workbench, understanding perspectives, customizing their workbench environment, and using the WSAD tools and wizards.

Unit Duration: 8 hours

Unit Objectives:

Students will learn the main features and wizards provided by WSAD and understand how to work with perspectives, views and editors.

  • Navigating the workbench
  • Understanding and Using Perspectives and Views
  • Customizing the workbench
  • Refactoring
  • Searching
  • Using the Scrapbook
  • Using Workbench Wizards

Unit Outline:

  1. WSAD Product Overview

    • WebSphere Studio Application Developer
    • J2EE Compliance
    • Maximum Programming Productivity
    • Vertical and Horizontal Integration
    • Access to Enterprise Systems
    • Role Based Development

  2. Introduction to WSAD
    • Overview of the Workbench
      1. Workbench Toolbar
      2. Shortcut Bar
    • Views
    • Editors
    • Perspective

  3. Navigating the workbench
    • Switching Between Perspectives
    • Customizing Perspectives
    • Saving Custom Perspectives
    • Resetting Perspectives

  4. Java Development Tools


  5. Java Projects
    • Java Project Organization
    • Project Build Path
    • Attaching Source to Jar
    • Duplicate Resources in Output Folder
    • Creating Java Projects

  6. Importing Files


  7. Customizing the Environment
    • Linking Editor with Navigator
    • Creating Fast Views
    • Workbench Preferences
    • Associating File Types and Editors
    • Editing Files
    • Syntax Highlighting
    • Adding Methods and Resolving Errors

  8. Comparing Resources


  9. Using the Local History


  10. Single Element vs. Whole File view


  11. Overriding a Method


  12. Generating Accessors


  13. Add in Required Import Statements


  14. Managing Imports


  15. Formatting Code


  16. Selecting and Adding JREs


  17. Project and Global Class Path


  18. Refactoring
    • Moving
    • Renaming
    • Extracting Methods

  19. The Online Help System


  20. The Scrapbook

  21. Wizards
    • Workbench Wizards
    • New File Wizard
    • New Folder Wizard
    • New Project Wizard
    • Import Wizard
    • Export Wizard



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