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Hello World: Learn how to create a Java Web application without knowing the Java language using Rational Business Developer Extension

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Level: Introductory

Tim McMackin , Software engineer, IBM

24 Apr 2007

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This tutorial is now part of the "Did you say mainframe? e-kit".

Learn how to build a simple dynamic Web site using Rational® Business Developer Extension and Enterprise Generation Language (EGL). The site you build has two pages: one to display a list of records in a database and another to allow users to change the data in one of those records. You can create this Java™ technology-based Web site without knowing any Java code or J2EE; this tutorial demonstrates Rational Business Developer Extension's ability to create complex applications using a simple business-oriented language and powerful graphical editing tools. Download a free trial versions of Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V7 and Rational Business Developer Extension.

In this tutorial

  • Create and configure an EGL project

  • Create EGL source code that accesses a data source

  • Create two simple Web pages that access data in a relational database

  • Pass a parameter from one Web page to another

  • Test an application on a Web application server

Prerequisites

None


System requirements

To complete the steps in this tutorial you need the following software installed on your computer:


To view the demos included in this tutorial, JavaScript must be enabled in your browser and Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher must be installed. You can download the latest Flash Player at http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer/.


Duration

1 hour


Formats

html, pdf


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