Course Prerequisites

• Casual familiarity with XML and XPath 2.0
• Casual familiarity with SQL
• Familiarity with web development, design, and interoperability/application server concepts
• Casual familiarity with JavaScript and JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

Course Objectives

After taking this class you will be able to:

• Understand the benefits and components of an Enterprise Mashup
• Take advantage of the Presto Enterprise platform to create Enterprise mashups
  
• Create mashups from disparate data acquired from a variety of sources
  
• Display mashups in Excel, Sharepoint, and on the web
• Build custom Mashlets to present your mashup
  
• Display your enterprise mashups using JavaScript, Java, and SOAP clients
• Use the Enterprise Mashup Markup Language (EMML) to script advanced mashups
  

Course Outline

Unit 1: Introducing the Course

• Meeting the Prerequisites
• Understanding the Course Content
• Reviewing the Course Outline
• Introducing Enterprise Mashups
• Organizing Mashups
• Characterizing Mashups
• Understanding the 5C Framework
• Understanding the Terminology
• Understanding User Personas

Unit 2: Getting Started with Presto

• Introducing the Presto Platform Architecture
• Introducing the Runtime Environment
• Mashup Server
• Admin Server
• Event Connector
• Presto Repository
• Deployment Scenarios
• Developer
• Staging
• Production Cluster w/Failover
• Data/Information sources
• Services
• Connectors
• Dapper
• HP SOA
• Excel
• Oracle Portal
• Sharepoint
• Using the Service Explorer
• Walkthrough: Connecting to an RSS feed
• Developing Mashups
• Introducing Wires
• Introducing EMML and the Mashup Studio
• Custom XPath Function API
• Custom Certificate Validation
• Walkthrough: Introducing Wires
• Publishing Mashups
• Mashlets
• The Mashboard
• Mashlet API
• Invoking on web pages
• Excel
• REST / SOAP
• Introducing Presto Connect API’s
• Event Connector Services
• Walkthrough: Publishing Mashups and Creating Mashlets
• Lab 2: Inspecting the course exercises

Unit 3: Creating Mashables from Information Sources with the Service Explorer

• Introducing the Service Explorer
• Managing Providers
• Consuming RSS/ATOM Feeds
• Consuming a REST Service
• Consuming Web Service Information (WSDL)
• Consuming Database Information
• Managing DB Drivers
• Adding Data Sources
• Publishing Database Information
• Securing you Services
• Lab 3: Defining a Connection

Unit 4: Creating Mashups with Wires

• Introducing Wires
• Creating a Mashup in Wires
• Adding a Service
• Adding Data from an HTTP address
• Previewing Results
• Adding Actions to your Mashups (introduce Macros)
• Defining Input Fields
• Applying Conditions
• Introducing EMML and xPath
• Lab 4: Creating a Mashup in Wires

Unit 5: Creating Sharables

• Introducing Mashlet Maker
• Developing Basic Mashlets
• Managing Mashlets
• Deploying to Web Pages & iGoogle
• Deploying to the Mashboard
• Lab 5: Publishing a Mashlet to the Mashboard

Unit 6: Using Mashups

• Working with Presto Results in Excel
• Using Presto Connect for JavaScript
• Using Presto Connect for Java
• Using a SOAP client
• Using other clients
• Presto Connect for ActionScript
• Presto Connect for VBA
• Presto Connect for C#
  
• Lab 6: Using Presto Connect for JavaScript

Unit 7: Building Mashups with EMML

• Overview of EMML
  
• Introducing Mashup Studio
• Working with the Mashup Perspective
• Using Context Assist
• Using the Service Inspector
• Using XPath Assistance
  
• Working with the Debugging Perspective
• Creating a Mashup Project
• Publishing a Script
• Creating a Mashup Script
• Declaring Variables and Parameters
• Declaring Data Sources
• Configuring Drivers
• Invoking Services
• Issuing SQL Statements
• Transforming Mashup Results
• Transforming Intermediate Results
• Using xPath
• Combining Results
• Constructing the Result
• Controlling Process Flow
• Creating Mashup Macros for Wires

Unit 8: Building Custom Mashlets with the Mashlet API

• Introducing the Mashlet Architecture
• Implementing a Custom Mashlet
• Getting and Setting Mashlet Preferences
• Invoking Presto Services
• Customizing Style
• Configuring the Box Mashlet Titlebar
• Coding / Decoding Custom Mashlet IDs
• Showing and Hiding Mashlets
• Adding a Mashlet Type to Presto
• Publishing & Syndicating a Custom Mashlet
• Handling Data Pagination in a Mashlet
• Implementing Mashlet Security
• Handling Mashlet Authentication
• Handling Mashlet Authorization
• Mashlet Error Handling
• Lab 8: Developing a Custom Mashlet

Appendix A: Courseware Setup

Appendix B: JackBe Events

Note: To better prepare for units six through eight of the class, students may want to have some familiarity with XML,SQL, and JavaScript

If moving ahead professionally with Mashups is on your agenda, this course will also prepare you for our upcoming Presto Enterprise Mashup Developer certification program. Stay Tuned!