Course description: Essentials of Rational ClearCase for Windows (SCM270)

Essentials of Rational ClearCase for Windows is an instructor-led course that teaches developers how to perform common day-to-day tasks in Rational ClearCase. It focuses on teaching the concepts and skills developers need to successfully manage source code change in their development environments. This course provides basic training in ClearCase functionality for those who intend to take more advanced courses in the ClearCase curriculum.

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Training Paths that reference this course are:

• Administrator: Configuration Manager/Release Manager
• Administrator: ClearCase Administrator
• Developer: Ancillary Developer (SCM)

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IBM Education Advantage Program eligibility:

• Yes - IBM Education Pack - online account

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This course is intended for first-time Rational ClearCase users requiring a practical, hands-on introduction to commonly used Rational ClearCase concepts and operations.

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To benefit from this course, students must have:

One year experience working with Microsoft Windows

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Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:

• Explain ClearCase concepts
• Set up their development workspace
• Access and work with files under source control
• Merge work to and from the integration workspace
• Create and work with snapshot views
• Configure workspaces for parallel development
• Perform advanced merge operations
• Apply ClearCase metadata including labels, attributes, and hyperlinks
• Generate ClearCase reports
• Manage software builds

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• Getting started in ClearCase
• Typical developer workflow
• Workspace management
• The checkin/checkout model
• Versioning and branching software assets
• Snapshot and dynamic views
• Configuring workspaces for parallel development
• Integrating parallel development
• ClearCase metadata
• Managing builds with clearmake and omake

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Related Courses

For students interested in continued learning in this field, we suggest taking:

Mastering Rational ClearCase Administration

Mastering Rational ClearCase MultiSite

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