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Web Services

Title:Adding Security to Web Services (4Q 04)

Time: 12 min / 5 min

Brief abstract:
Security is an important concern when using Web services in an enterprise. This two-part demo will show users how security is added to a Web service invocation by modifying the Web service deployment descriptor. Three different security techniques will be demonstrated: Basic authorization; Signing a SOAP message; and Encrypting parts of the SOAP message.

Presenter name/Bio: Chris Nelson, Senior Software Engineer, IBM Developer Skills Program,  has over 20 years of software development experience as both a programmer and an architect, as well as the owner of a small company. As part of the IBM Developer Skills Program, Chris works to increase developer skills on IBM’s standards based software through education and university curriculum programs. You can contact him at nchris@us.ibm.com.

Products or technologies covered: WebSphere Studio 

Prerequisites: WebSphere Studio 

Number of demos in series: Two 

Additional resources: (See website)


Title:Passing Binary Data in Web Services (4Q 04)

Time: 12 min / 7 min / 12 min

Brief abstract: Binary data, such as images, compressed data, and encrypted data, are often used in Web services transactions. Due to the size of the binary data and the difficulties often incurred when transporting it between platforms, developers need several strategies for passing this data. This discussion and demonstration will cover some possible techniques, and highlight their use in a WebSphere Studio environment.

Presenter name/Bio: Chris Nelson, Senior Software Engineer, IBM Developer Skills Program,  has over 20 years of software development experience as both a programmer and an architect, as well as the owner of a small company. As part of the IBM Developer Skills Program, Chris works to increase developer skills on IBM’s standards based software through education and university curriculum programs. You can contact him at nchris@us.ibm.com.

Products or technologies covered: WebSphere andWebSphere Studio

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Web services

Number of demos in series: Three

Additional resources: (See website)


Title: The Web Services Description Language (WSDL) (4Q 04)

Time: 6 min / 9 min / 8 min

Brief abstract: In the world of Web services and Service-Oriented Architectures, WSDL is the glue that holds everything together.  This series presents WSDL from three perspectives: An overview of the language itself, WSDL as a descriptive language for generating code, and WSDL as a generated language for describing existing code.  As more and more systems become interconnected, WSDL will be the common language that ties them all together.

Presenter name/Bio: Doug Tidwell, Senior Software Engineer, IBM Developer Skills Program, works with professors and students worldwide to introduce them to IBM products and technologies, including Web services, databases, and the Rational modeling tools.

Products or technologies covered: WebSphere Studio, WSDL, SOAP, Web services

Prerequisites: A high-level knowledge of the concepts of Web services is helpful.

Number of demos in series: Three

Additional resources: (See website)

Title: Configure Basic Authentication Security for your Web Service(July 05)

Time: 21 min

Abstract: This demonstration shows how to configure and test a Web service and Web service client for basic authentication. The applications are configured and deployed to the WebSphere Test Environment.  Security is enabled on the server. We look at the request using the TCP/IP Monitor to see the basic authentication information in the request. It's all done without writing any code.

Presenter Name/Bio:Jeff Miller is a Software Consultant with IBM Developer Relations, and has over 23 years of experience as a software developer and architect.

Products/Technologies covered:Rational Web Developer, Rational Application Developer, Web services security

Prerequisites:Knowledge of Web services

Number of demos in series:1

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Title: Configure WebSphere Test Environment Security in Rational Application Developer (July 05)

Time: 11.5 min

Brief abstract: This demonstration shows how to enable and disable global security in the WebSphere Test Environment from within Rational Web Developer, Rational Application Developer, or Rational Software Architect.  We also demo a workaround in case the two locations for the security setting get out of sync and you are unable to start the server

Presenter name: Jeff Miller is a Software Consultant with IBM Developer Relations, and has over 23 years of experience as a software developer and architect.

Products or technologies covered:WebSphere Application Server, Rational Web Developer, Rational Application Developer, Rational Software Architect

Prerequisites for demo: Some knowledge of WebSphere Application Server configuration

Number of demos in series:1

Additional Resources:

Title:Adding Security to your Web Services Digital Signatures (May 05)

Time: 4 min / 12 min

Brief abstract: This demonstration shows how to expose a simple Java class as a Web service that requires digitally signed requests.Next a generated client is tested and the signed SOAP request is examined. It's all done without writing any code.

Presenter name: Jeff Miller is a Software Consultant with IBM Developer Relations, and has over 23 years of experience as a software developer and architect.

Products or technologies covered:Rational Web Developer, Rational Application Developer, Rational Software Architect

Prerequisites for demo: Knowledge of Web services

Number of demos in series:Two


Title:Easily Build a Web Service Client using JSF and SDO (May 05)

Time: 6 min

Brief abstract: This demonstration shows how to easily find a Web service from a registry on the Internet, and create a simple client based on SDO and JSF.  It's all done without writing any code.

Presenter name: Jeff Miller is a Software Consultant with IBM Developer Relations, and has over 23 years of experience as a software developer and architect.

Products or technologies covered:Rational Web Developer, Rational Application Developer, Rational Software Architect

Prerequisites for demo: Knowledge of Web services

Number of demos in series: One


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Java and Eclipse-related

Title: Developing and testing Message-Driven Beans

(4Q 04)

Time: 7 min / 11 min

Brief abstract: This demo shows users how to incorporate enterprise messaging into a small J2EE sample application by adding a Message-Driven Enterprise Bean.

Presenter name/Bio: Willy Farrell, Senior Software Engineer, IBM Developer Skills Program, delivers the latest technical information and insight, spanning e-business and industry trends and technologies, to developers through Web content, articles, and speaking engagements.

Products or technologies covered: WSAD, J2EE, Message-Driven Beans

Prerequisites: "Downloading and installing the trial edition of WebSphere Studio Application Developer" demo. Must download the file gfimdb.zip and extract the file to the C:\ folder on your system. This will create a C:\GFIMDB folder on your computer that contains the sample code and configuration files.

Number of demos in series: Two

Additional resources: (See website)


Title:Cloudscape using Eclipse (4Q 04)

Time: 5 min

Brief abstract: This demo covers the installation of Cloudscape and the IBM DB2/Cloudscape plugin. Users will also learn how to connect to a sample Cloudscape database in Eclipse.

Presenter name/Bio: Eric Long: As a technology consultant with the IBM Developer Skills Program, Eric Long develops technical content  and university coursework covering IBM and Open Source technologies.

Products or technologies covered: Eclipse, Cloudscape, IBM's DB2 Plug-in

Prerequisites: Knowledge of Eclipse, databases

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources: (See website)


Title:Web Applications using JavaServer Pages and Servlets (4Q 04)

Time: 5 min

Brief abstract: This demo walks the user through the creation of two simple applications. One displays the user's name and date/time when submitted, and the other is a simple Login application that allows users to access a welcome page with a password.

Presenter name/Bio: Eric Long: As a technology consultant with the IBM Developer Skills Program, Eric Long develops technical content  and university coursework covering IBM and Open Source technologies.

Products or technologies covered: HTML, JavaServer Pages, Servlets, Eclipse, Tomcat

Prerequisites: Knowledge of HTML, JavaServer Pages, Servlets, Eclipse, and Tomcat

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources: (See website)


Title:Setting Up the Eclipse Development Environment (4Q 04)

Time: 3 min

Brief abstract: Are you ready to set up the Eclipse development environment? Then this demo is for you! Ideal for students and beginning developers, this demo will guide users through the installation of both a Java sdk and Eclipse. Users will also learn how to run the Eclipse IDE.

Presenter name/Bio: Eric Long: As a technology consultant with the IBM Developer Skills Program, Eric Long develops technical content  and university coursework covering IBM and Open Source technologies.

Products or technologies covered: Eclipse, Java sdk

Prerequisites: None

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources: (See website)


Title:Installing Tomcat (4Q 04)

Time: 4 min

Brief abstract: This is a tutorial that will guide a student through the installation of the Tomcat application server and the Sysdeo plug-in for Eclipse.  After watching the tutorial, the student will be able to create stand-alone Tomcat projects using Eclipse.

Presenter name/Bio: Eric Long: As a technology consultant with the IBM Developer Skills Program, Eric Long develops technical content  and university coursework covering IBM and Open Source technologies.

Products or technologies covered: Eclipse, Tomcat

Prerequisites: "Setting up the Eclipse Development Environment" demo

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources: (See website)


Title:Simple JSP and Servlet (4Q 04)

Time: 4 min

Brief abstract: Ideal for students and beginning developers, this demo highlights the difference between a JSP and a Servlet. Users will learn how to create two identical web pages, one using a JSP and the other using a Servlet.

Presenter name/Bio: Eric Long: As a technology consultant with the IBM Developer Skills Program, Eric Long develops technical content  and university coursework covering IBM and Open Source technologies.

Products or technologies covered: JSP, Servlet

Prerequisites: None

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources: (See website)


Title:Eclipse and C/C++ (March 05)

Time: under 10 min

Brief abstract: This demo guides the user through installation of a c/c++ compiler (MinGW) and configuration of the Eclipse Development Environment to use the C/C++ Development Toolkit (CDT). It assumes the user is working with Eclipse 3.0.

Presenter name/Bio: Eric Long: As a technology consultant with the IBM Developer Skills Program, Eric Long develops technical content  and university coursework covering IBM and Open Source technologies.

Products or technologies covered: Eclipse, MinGW, C/C++, Eclipse CDT

Prerequisites: Knowledge of the Eclipse IDE, must have the Eclipse IDE on machine

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources: (See website)


Title:Eclipse and Design Patterns (April 05)

Time: under 10 min

Brief abstract: This demo guides the user through installation of the PatternBox design pattern plugin for Eclipse. Users will also learn how to create a Facade pattern using the new plugin.

Presenter name/Bio: Eric Long: As a technology consultant with the IBM Developer Skills Program, Eric Long develops technical content  and university coursework covering IBM and Open Source technologies.

Products or technologies covered: Eclipse and PatternBox Plugin

Prerequisites: Knowledge of Eclipse 3.x and Gang of Four Design Patterns

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources: (See website)


Title:Installing Eclipse on Apple Macintosh OS X(Oct 05)

Time:  1:30 min

Brief abstract: This demo shows users how to download a copy of Eclipse and highlights the steps for its installation.

Presenter name: Akmal B. Chaudhri, Senior IT Specialist, IBM Developer Skills program. Akmal has been working with database technology since 1988. He has been a regular presenter at many international conferences, including Object World, Object Technology and OOPSLA. He has also edited or co-edited eight books, including XML Data Management (Addison-Wesley, 2003). He holds a BSc (1st Class Hons.) in Computing & Information Systems, MSc in Business Systems Analysis & Design and a PhD in Computer Science. He is also a Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS).

Products or technologies covered:  Eclipse

Prerequisites:Some familiarity with software installation on OS X.  Installation should be run from a user account with admin privileges.

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources:  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/top-projects/eclipse.html


Title:Eclipse and UML(May 05)

Time: 6 min

Brief abstract: This demo guides the user through installation of Omondo's Free UML plugin for Eclipse. Users will also learn how to create a simple UML class diagram using the new plugin.

Presenter name: Eric Long: As a technology consultant with the IBM Developer Skills Program, Eric Long develops technical content  and university coursework covering IBM and Open Source technologies.

Products or technologies covered: Eclipse and Omondo's EclipseUML plugin

Prerequisites: Knowledge of Eclipse 3.0.X

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources:

Linux

Title:Installing IBM Cloudscape on Red Hat Linux (May 05)

Time: 8 min

Brief abstract: This Demo will walk you though the installation steps for installing IBM Cloudscape on Red Hat Linux. These steps include installation, setting the Path and Classpath statements, and finally, verifying the installation.

Presenter name/Bio: Kevin Czap is a Software Engineer with IBM's Developer Skills program. Kevin's areas of interest include Databases and Linux.

Products or technologies covered: IBM Cloudscape, Linux

Prerequisites: Red Hat Linux, IBM Cloudscape for Linux bin file

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources:


Title:Installing SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 on POWER5 (Aug 05)

Time: 13 min

Brief abstract: This demo shows users how to create a Linux partition on a POWER5 server. It highlights the steps of creating the Linux partition with the Hardware Management Console, via the Web-based System Manager Remote Client, followed by installing SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 from a file server using VNC for a graphical installation.

Presenter name: Clifford Spinac is a Senior Software Engineer with IBM Systems and Technology Group in Austin, Texas. He works as a Linux on POWER Technical Consultant with IBM eServer ISV Solutions Enablement.  Cliff has held various software development, design, architecture, planning, and consulting positions over his career with IBM. He also has 88 patent filings, 13 US patents issued, 11 published articles, and is an IBM Master Inventor.

Products or technologies covered: SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 on POWER5

Prerequisites: A POWER5 server with Advanced POWER Virtualization; SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 9 for IBM POWER; An HMC connected to the POWER5 server; A client machine with the VNC viewer (Windows or Linux).

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources:


Title:Installation of IBM DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition V8.2 on Linux(Oct 05)

Time:  14:45 min

Brief abstract: This demonstration will guide the user through the installation steps of IBM’s DB2 UDB EE Version 8.2 on Linux.  This demonstration also illustrates the installation of the DB2 SAMPLE database and shows some simple DB2 commands to test and query this database.   Trial DB2 software can be found at the DB2 zone on the IBM developerWorks website.

Presenter name: Paul Coates is an Advisory Software Engineer in the IBM Developer Skills Program. He is based in Austin, Texas, and has over 25 years of software development experience as a programmer and as a systems architect. Today he provides technical information and insight to developers and universities on the latest e-business and industry trends and technologies through speaking engagements, workshops, and by consulting to faculty as a part of the IBM Academic Initiative program.  He holds an MBA in Information Systems from the University of North Texas and a BBA in Management Science/Computer Science from Midwestern State University. You can contact Paul at pcoates@us.ibm.com.

Products or technologies covered:  Installation and configuration of IBM DB2 UDB Enterprise Edition Version 8.2 on a supported Intel 32bit Linux distribution.

Prerequisites: None.  This demonstration assumes no prior knowledge of the products or technologies listed.  It may be helpful to review the Installing / Updating  IBM Java on Linux demonstration prior to viewing this demonstration.

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources: 


Title:Installing /Updating IBM Java Development Kits on Linux(Oct 05)

Time:  4:12 min

Brief abstract: This demonstration will guide the user through the installation or update of IBM Java Development Kits or IBM Java Runtime Environments on Linux.  The developments kits and JREs can be found at the Java technology zone on the IBM developerWorks website.

Presenter name: Paul Coates is an Advisory Software Engineer in the IBM Developer Skills Program. He is based in Austin, Texas, and has over 25 years of software development experience as a programmer and as a systems architect. Today he provides technical information and insight to developers and universities on the latest e-business and industry trends and technologies through speaking engagements, workshops, and by consulting to faculty as a part of the IBM Academic Initiative program.  He holds an MBA in Information Systems from the University of North Texas and a BBA in Management Science/Computer Science from Midwestern State University. You can contact Paul at pcoates@us.ibm.com.

Products or technologies covered:  Installation and configuration of IBM Java Development kits or IBM Java Runtime Environments.

Prerequisites: None.  This demonstration assumes no prior knowledge of the products or technologies listed.

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources:  


Title:Installation of IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 6.0 on Linux(Oct 05)

Time:  7:25 min

Brief abstract: This demonstration will guide the user through the installation steps of IBM’s WebSphere Application Server Version 6.0 on Linux.  This demonstration also illustrates logging on to the browser-based WebSphere Administration client.  Trial WebSphere Application Server  software can be found at the WebSphere zone on the IBM developerWorks website.

Presenter name: Paul Coates is an Advisory Software Engineer in the IBM Developer Skills Program. He is based in Austin, Texas, and has over 25 years of software development experience as a programmer and as a systems architect. Today he provides technical information and insight to developers and universities on the latest e-business and industry trends and technologies through speaking engagements, workshops, and by consulting to faculty as a part of the IBM Academic Initiative program.  He holds an MBA in Information Systems from the University of North Texas and a BBA in Management Science/Computer Science from Midwestern State University. You can contact Paul at pcoates@us.ibm.com.

Products or technologies covered:  Installation and configuration of IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 6.0 on a supported Intel 32bit Linux distribution.  SuSe Linux, Red Hat Enterprise AS or ES 3.0, Mozilla browser.

Prerequisites: Installation of this product on Red Hat Enterprise AS or ES on Linux  4.0 requires the additional installation of the Refresh Pack 1.  The installation of Refresh Pack 1 is optional for a SuSe Linux supported environment.

Number of demos in series: One   The installation of the Refresh Pack 1 is demonstrated in the Installation of IBM WebSphere Application Server V6.0 Refresh Pack 1 demo.

Additional resources:

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Rational, Cloudscape, and Project Management

Title:IBM Cloudscape Utilities (May 05)

Time: 10 min

Brief abstract: Developing for IBM Cloudscape? Then learn to use the Cloudcscape Utilities, to create, manipulate, import and export Cloudscape databases.

Presenter name/Bio: Kevin Czap is a Software Engineer with IBM's Developer Skills program. Kevin's areas of interest include Databases and Linux.

Products or technologies covered: Linux,Java,Cloudscape,SQL

Prerequisites: Installed version of IBM Cloudcape.

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources:


Title:  Rational Portfolio Manager: WBS Import from Microsoft Project (May 05)

Time: 13 min

Brief abstract: This demo guides the user through importing of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), from a Microsoft Project .mpp file format, into IBM's Rational Portfolio Manager.

Presenter name:  Randel Powell, PMP:  As a software engineer and project manager with the IBM Developer Skills Program, Randel looks to bridge the gap of aligning developer's knowledge of business-driven objectives with the technology standards and tools that provide the enablement to achieve on demand capabilities.

Products or technologies covered: IBM's Rational Portfolio Manager and the Import/Export interface capabilities with Microsoft Project 2000, 2002, or 2003. 

Prerequisites:  Knowledge of Project Management principles 

Number of demos in series: This is the first in a 2-part series; the second demo will concentrate on the Export process from IBM's Rational Portfolio Manager to Microsoft Project .mpp file format.

Additional resources:


Title:  Rational Portfolio Manager: WBS Export to Microsoft Project (May 05)

Time: 12 min

Brief abstract: This demo guides the user through exporting Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), IBM's Rational Portfolio Manager into Microsoft Project .mpp file format.  One WBS originated from a .mpp import into RPM and the second WBS is originated inside RPM from a RUP template prior to being exported.

Presenter name:  Randel Powell, PMP:  As a software engineer and project manager with the IBM Developer Skills Program, Randel looks to bridge the gap of aligning developer's knowledge of business-driven objectives with the technology standards and tools that provide the enablement to achieve on demand capabilities.

Products or technologies covered: IBM's Rational Unified Process (RUP), Rational Portfolio Manager (RPM) and the Import/Export interface capabilities with Microsoft Project 2000, 2002, or 2003. 

Prerequisites:  Knowledge of Project Management principles 

Number of demos in series:  This is the second in a 2-part series; the first demo concentrates on the Import process from Microsoft Project .mpp file format into the IBM's Rational Portfolio Manager tool.

Additional resources:


Title: Applying Patterns to Classes Using IBM Rational Software Modeler(July 05)

Time: 12 min

Abstract:  This demonstration will guide the user through the creation of a modeling project in IBM Rational Software Modeler for the purpose of creating a UML model.  The creation of the UML model will illustrate how to create UML classes using the diagram editor in the modeling perspective as well as the application of patterns (in this case the Observer pattern from the GOF Behavioral patterns) in creating UML diagrams or models.  This functionality also exists in the IBM Rational Software Architect product.

Presenter name/Bio: Paul Coates is an Advisory Software Engineer in the IBM Developer Skills Program. He is based in Austin, Texas, and has over 25 years of software development experience as a programmer and as a systems architect. Today he provides technical information and insight to developers and universities on the latest e-business and industry trends and technologies through speaking engagements, workshops, and by consulting to faculty as a part of the IBM Academic Initiative program. He holds an MBA in Information Systems from the University of North Texas and a BBA in Management Science/Computer Science from Midwestern State University. You can contact Paul at pcoates@us.ibm.com.

Products or technologies covered: UML2.0, UML modeling, Gang of Four (GOF) patterns, Eclipse 3.0, IBM Rational Software Modeler, IBM Rational Software Architect.

Prerequisites:  None. This demonstration assumes no prior knowledge of the products or technologies listed. However, prior knowledge of Eclipse 3.0, UML, or IBM Rational development tools may be helpful.

Number of demos in series: One. The Transforming Model Classes to Code Using IBM Rational Software Architect demonstration uses the UML model created in this demo to transform UML classes in the model to Java code. 

Additional resources:


Title:Transforming Model Classes to Code Using IBM Rational Software Architect(July 05)

Time: 6 min

Abstract: This demonstration will guide the user through the steps required to transform UML classes from an existing UML model to Java code.  This demo will illustrate how to create a Java project to hold the generated code from the model in addition to showing the relationship between the design pattern used in the model (Observer pattern) and the UML classes compared to the generated code. This functionality exists in the IBM Rational Software Architect product.  UML classes from a model can also be transformed to EJBs or C/C++ code, but this is not demonstrated in this demo.

Presenter name/bio:  Paul Coates is an Advisory Software Engineer in the IBM Developer Skills Program. He is based in Austin, Texas, and has over 25 years of software development experience as a programmer and as a systems architect. Today he provides technical information and insight to developers and universities on the latest e-business and industry trends and technologies through speaking engagements, workshops, and by consulting to faculty as a part of the IBM Academic Initiative program. He holds an MBA in Information Systems from the University of North Texas and a BBA in Management Science/Computer Science from Midwestern State University. You can contact Paul at pcoates@us.ibm.com.

Products or technologies covered:  IBM Rational Software Architect, UML 2.0, Gang of Four (GOF) patterns, patterns and transformations

Prerequisites: None. This demonstration assumes no prior knowledge of the products or technologies listed. However, prior knowledge of Eclipse 3.0, UML, or IBM Rational development tools may be helpful. An optional pre-requisite would be to view the Applying Patterns to Classes Using IBM Rational Software Modeler on demand demo which creates the UML model used in this demo.

Number of demos in series:1

Additional resources: 


Title: Installing Cloudscape on Windows(July 05)

Time: 3.5 min

Abstract: This demo shows users how to download a copy of Cloudscape and highlights the steps for its installation.

Presenter Name/Bio: Akmal B. Chaudhri, Senior IT Specialist, IBM Developer Skills program. Akmal has been working with database technology since 1988. He has been a regular presenter at many international conferences, including Object World, Object Technology and OOPSLA. He has also edited or co-edited eight books, including XML Data Management (Addison-Wesley, 2003). He holds a BSc (1st Class Hons.) in Computing & Information Systems, MSc in Business Systems Analysis & Design and a PhD in Computer Science. He is also a Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS).

Products/Technologies Covered: Cloudscape

Prerequisites: Some familiarity with software installation.

Number of demos in series: 1

Additional Resources: Cloudscape on developerWorks at: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/db2


Title: Embedded Database Development Using Cloudscape and Java (Aug 05)

Time: 5 min

Abstract: This demonstration shows users the benefits of embedded database development using Cloudscape and Java.

Presenter name/Bio: Akmal B. Chaudhri, Senior IT Specialist, IBM Developer Skills program. Akmal has been working with database technology since 1988. He has been a regular presenter at many international conferences, including Object World, Object Technology and OOPSLA. He has also edited or co-edited eight books, including XML Data Management (Addison-Wesley, 2003). He holds a BSc (1st Class Hons.) in Computing & Information Systems, MSc in Business Systems Analysis & Design and a PhD in Computer Science. He is also a Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS).

Products or technologies covered: Cloudscape

Prerequisites: Cloudscape must already be installed on your system

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources:Cloudscape on developerWorks at: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/db2


Title:Database Tooling using Rational Software Architect (Aug 05)

Time: 21 min

Brief abstract: This demo shows the basics of the Database Perspective in Rational Software Architect (RSA). It guides the user through importing a database schema, examining that schema and examining the contents of the database. In addition, the user will learn to create a new table and populate the table with data.

Presenter name: Eric Long: As a Software Engineer with the IBM Developer Skills Program, Eric Long develops technical content  and university coursework covering Rational, DB2 and Open Source technologies.

Products or technologies covered: Rational Software Architect/Rational Application Developer

Prerequisites: Knowledge of databases

Number of demos in series: Three

Additional resources:

Title:Add dW feeds to your site (Oct 05)

Time: 5:16 min

Brief abstract: Add dW feeds to your site is an enhancement to the RSS feeds available on developerWorks (dW).  Add dW feeds will allow you to paste a few lines of code on your website - no need to install any centralized server software to access dW information through RSS feeds.  This demo will walk you through step-by-step the simple process you follow to get this setup on your system.  You will be able to customize your feed so that you will receive only the information you've said you're interested in.  It couldn't be simpler and this demo will show you that!

Presenter name: Doug Tidwell, Senior Software Engineer, IBM Developer Skills Program, works with professors and students worldwide to introduce them to IBM products and technologies, including Web services, databases, and the Rational modeling tools.

Products or technologies covered:  RSS feeds and HTML

Prerequisites: Flash enabled web browser

Number of demos in series: One

Additional resources:   http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/views/rss/customfeed.jsp

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