WDSC: Step by Step: A Practical Guide to Becoming Proficient in WebSphere Development Studio Client

by Joe Pluta

Overview

WDSC: Step by Step carries on the Step by Step series tradition of providing an easy-to-understand yet thorough introduction to today’s most important technologies. In this book, you’ll discover the incredibly powerful WebSphere Development Studio Client (WDSC). Whether you plan to program only in RPG or plan to someday add Java and Web development to your RPG skill set, IBM has made it clear that WDSC is the tool you will be using.

But WDSC isn’t just a replacement to SEU; it charts a new path for development based on IBM’s open-source Eclipse IDE. More than just an editor, WDSC is also a design studio, a compiler, an integration aid, and a test platform. It supports not only standard languages such as RPG and COBOL, but also Java, HTML, JavaServer Pages, and Cascading Style Sheets. The sheer scope of features available in WDSC makes learning it overwhelming for many programmers. This book demystifies WDSC, making it accessible and far easier to learn.

By design, WDSC: Step by Step walks a programmer through a working, integrated example while highlighting those features used on a day-to-day basis. You’ll learn all of the key features of WDSC, including building a Web site, adding dynamic content, attaching it to an i5/iSeries program, and finally deploying it to a WebSphere Application Server. Not merely a WDSC reference, this book acts as an extended library session in which readers learn by doing and master enough techniques to continue learning on their own. No prior knowledge of Java, HTML, or Eclipse is required!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781583470510
Publisher:	MC Press, LLC
Publication date:	12/01/2004
Series:	Step-by-Step series
Edition description:	BK&CD-ROM
Pages:	596
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Joe Pluta is a designer of distributed architectures for the midrange platform and the author of Eclipse. He is the founder of Pluta Brothers Design, a developer of tools that allow iSeries users to incorporate emerging technologies seamlessly into their legacy systems, providing a direct path to new architectures. He moderates the JAVA400-L mailing list and is a member of IBM's JTOpen core team. He writes the “Weaving WebSphere” column at mcpressonline.com. He lives in Palatine, Illinois.

Table of Contents

	Dedication	v
	Acknowledgements	vii
	Foreword	xiii
Step 1	Welcome to WDSC!	1
	Prerequisites	2
	How It Works	5
	What I'll Cover	6
	A Different Look	10
	Additional Materials	10
Step 1.1	What Is WDSC?	12
Step 2	The Web Site Designer	15
Step 2.1	Open the Web perspective	20
InStep 2.1.a	The Web perspective	23
Step 2.2	Add a Web project	26
Step 2.3	Open the Web Site Designer	28
Step 2.4	Add an HTML page	31
Step 2.5	Add a JSP page	43
Step 2.6	Rearrange your Web site	60
Step 2.7	Applying a template	68
Step 2.8	Navigation and naming	85
Step 3	The Image Designer	91
Step 3.1	Open the WebArt Designer	94
Step 3.2	Add text to the logo	97
Step 3.3	Save the logo	105
Step 4	Templates	115
Step 4.1	What is a template?	118
Step 4.2	What happens when you apply a template?	119
Step 4.3	Deconstructing a template	121
Step 4.4	Modifying a template	129
Step 4.5	Navigation site parts	139
InStep 4.5.a	The navigation site part language	145
Step 4.6	Customizing your navigation widget	149
Step 5	CSS Designer	163
Step 5.1	Adding new styles	165
Step 6	The WebSphere Test Environment	179
Step 6.1	Running the Web site in normal mode	181
InStep 6.1.a	Normal vs. debug mode	194
Step 7	Beans make Web sites dynamic	195
Step 7.1	Add Java to your application	198
Step 7.2	Test the Beans	210
InStep 7.2.a	Code review	220
Step 8	Adding Beans to your JSPs	225
Step 8.1	Rename the JSP	227
Step 8.2	Add a Bean to your JSP	234
Step 8.3	Default the data	248
InStep 8.3.a	Code review	252
Step 9	JSP Model II	255
Step 9.1	Why JSP Model II?	258
Step 9.2	Why use a servlet proxy?	261
Step 9.3	Remove the test data from the JSP	263
Step 9.4	Create and run the servlet	268
InStep 9.4.a	Code review	278
Step 9.5	Absolute style	284
InStep 9.5.a	Absolute and relative links and servlets	291
Step 9.6	Change the index	295
Step 10	Debugging	301
Step 10.1	Set a breakpoint	303
Step 10.2	Running in debug mode	307
InStep 10.2.a	The Debug perspective	320
Step 10.3	Inspecting and changing variables	322
Step 11	Setting Up the iSeries	331
Step 11.1	iSeries extensions	335
Step 11.2	Remote System Explorer	337
InStep 11.2.a	The Remote System Explorer perspective	340
Step 11.3	Create your own perspective	342
Step 11.4	Connect to the host	351
Step 11.5	Create a library	356
Step 11.6	Modify the connection's library list	362
Step 11.7	Create a source file and member	369
Step 12	Editing, compiling, and debugging	377
Step 12.1	Editing and verifying	381
Step 12.2	Compiling on the host	393
InStep 12.2.a	User actions	403
Step 12.3	Debugging on the host	407
Step 13	Things we won't get to see	427
Step 13.1	Preferences	428
Step 13.2	The Data perspective	431
Step 13.3	Advanced editing features	433
Step 13.4	iSeries projects	435
Step 13.5	CODE and VisualAge for RPG	436
Step 13.6	WebFacing	439
Step 14	Importing a JAR file	441
Step 14.1	Importing a JAR file	443
Step 14.2	Test the Toolbox	452
Step 15	Attaching to business logic on the host	459
Step 15.1	Create the database	463
Step 15.2	Writing the business logic	476
Step 15.3	Modify the servlet	482
InStep 15.3.a	Code review	496
Step 16	Adding a little style	503
Step 16.1	Style and substance	505
InStep 16.1.a	Code review	516
Step 17	Deployment	521
Step 17.1	Rename the application	523
Step 17.2	Export the project	526
Step 17.3	Deploy RPG programs	533
SideStep 1	Upgrading WDSC	535
SideStep 2	Checkpoints	551
SideStep 3	Add a new Express server	555
SideStep 4	Install the MySite application	567
SideStep 5	WDSC Version 5.1.2	577