Course description: Creating RESTful Services with IBM DataPower V4.0.1 (with lab exercise)

NOTE: THIS IS A SELF-PACED COURSE WITH A FIXED START AND END DATE.

You will be given access to the course material, and to a DataPower appliance in order to perform the labs, for a period of 4 days from the designated start date. At the end of the class period, your access will be removed. No extensions to the access period are possible.

This self-paced course does not involve a live instructor.

Please note that your enrollment will be confirmed shortly after you enroll, but you will not be sent the details on how to access the course and the lab environment until approximately 3 days before the designated class start date.

Self-paced virtual classroom (SPVC) courses provide the same deep technical content as WebSphere Education classroom courses, but allow you to learn on your own schedule. You can stop and start a self-paced virtual class as needed during the 4-day access period.

There is no live instructor for this course, so it may not be appropriate for students who require the guidance of a live instructor.

Course overview:

This self-paced virtual classroom (SPVC) course combines a streaming lecture with a hands-on lab exercise to introduce participants to the IBM DataPower support for Representational State Transfer (REST) and RESTful services.

Many customers in a competitive business environment expect content-rich and responsive web applications. The umbrella term 'Web 2.0' includes the various tools, standards, protocols, and techniques that enhance user experiences with web applications.

Representational State Transfer, more commonly known as REST, is a Web 2.0 technique that simplifies the interactions between the client and the back-end service. IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances can help organizations deliver Web 2.0 content to users by providing services that interact with REST-based applications or clients.

This course starts with a lecture that briefly introduces REST and the REST terminology, and then describes the tooling within the DataPower firmware that supports RESTful interactions. The course lecture ends with a sample service policy that supports a RESTful client with a SOAP-based web service back end. The course concludes with a hands-on lab exercise that enables a student to create a DataPower service supporting this sample scenario.

Online enrollment:

THIS IS A SELF-PACED VIRTUAL CLASS. ONCE YOU REGISTER, YOU HAVE 4 DAYS TO COMPLETE THE COURSE.

Before you enroll, review the system requirements on this page to ensure that your system meets the minimum requirements for this course.

Within 48 hours of enrolling in the course, you will receive a confirmation email containing your online link, your ID and password, and additional instructions for starting the course.

You can start the course at any time. Once you start the course, you have 4 days to complete it. You are billed for the course when you submit the enrollment form.

ONCE YOU ARE ENROLLED IN THIS COURSE, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CANCEL YOUR ENROLLMENT.

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

• Implementer skills for IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances

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IBM Education Advantage Program Eligibility:

• Yes - Education Pack - online account

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This intermediate course is designed for integration developers who configure service policies on IBM WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances.

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Students should have:

• experience developing services and service policies on a DataPower appliance using the WebGUI.

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• Describe the purpose of a REST architecture
• Add support to DataPower services for the REST application programming interface (API)
• Describe how to integrate with systems using RESTful services
• Use the DataPower appliance to proxy a RESTful service

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• Creating RESTful services on DataPower
• Exercise: Implementing REST services using DataPower

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After you enroll in this course, you will be directed to a link to help you prepare your system to access the course.

The computer you use to access the labs should meet the following requirements:

• Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3, Microsoft Vista SP1, or Microsoft Windows 7
• Internet Explorer V6.0 SP2 (or higher) or Mozilla Firefox V2.0 (or higher)
• 256 kbps or faster Internet connection

For information about other related WebSphere courses, visit the WebSphere Education Training Paths website:

• http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere/education/paths/

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