Test 256: Application Development with IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V6.0

Section 1 - Workbench Basics (9%)

1. Manage multiple workspaces
2. Work with perspectives (e.g. add, remove, customize)
3. Import to and export from the Workbench
4. Use Compare With and Replace With using the Local History function

Section 2 - Application Development Best Practices (9%)

1. Partition an application into appropriate Model View Controller (MVC), MVC2, and Model 2 JSP architectures
2. Apply basic Java design patterns (e.g., session facade, data transfer object)
3. Improve application performance through design best practices

Section 3 - Java Development (16%)

1. Create Java projects, packages, classes, interfaces, methods
2. Use the search function
3. Use the call hierarchy View
4. Refactor Java code
5. Set Java workbench preferences (e.g., change JRE, change target server)
6. Understand the results of Java code visualization

Section 4 - Web Development (16%)

1. Create web projects and resources
2. Configure classpath and module dependencies
3. Use the Page Designer to develop HTML and JSP pages
4. Work with Web and Application Deployment Descriptor Editors
5. Use the JSF (JavaServer Faces) development tools
6. Use the Struts development tools
7. Create and configure Servlet Filters and Life-cycle Listeners

Section 5 - EJB Development (12%)

1. Create EJB projects
2. Create session beans
3. Create and map CMP entity beans without relationships
4. Test EJBs using the Universal Test Client
5. Import database schema into a project

Section 6 - Web Services (12%)

1. Create Web services from JavaBeans
2. Create Web services from a WSDL document
3. Use the Web Services Explorer to test Web services
4. Build and modify a WSDL document using the WSDL editor
5. Create a Web service client and proxy

Section 7 - Running Applications (14%)

1. Configure a WebSphere test environment and run applications
2. Configure application resources on servers
3. Configure J2EE application clients
4. Configure workbench for profiling applications
5. Simplify deployment using enhanced EAR

Section 8 - Debugging & Testing (12%)

1. Manage breakpoint properties
2. View variables and execute, display and inspect expressions
3. Use step filters and step debug (Servlet, JSP, or EJB)
4. Work with activity logs and symptom database
5. Perform Java testing using JUnit
6. Perform application analysis using code review