Technologies / Programming

CICS V5 Advanced Application Development for SOA and Web Services

Master advanced application development techniques in an SOA and web services environment with CICS V5. The training covers designing, coding, testing and debugging web applications in CICS.

Issues

Enable CICS applications to use network services from third-party providers
Create network service provider or requestor applications in CICS
Use Rational Developer for System z to download WSDL files, test CICS web service provider applications, and develop CICS web service requester applications
Describe the CICS Service Flow Modeler function and its function within the SOA framework
Use Rational Developer for System z to create a converter program and WSBind file for use with CICS network service provider applications
Use Rational Developer for System z to create top-down, bottom-up and meet-in-the-middle web services
Map and convert XML application data to language structures, and language structures to XML data
Describe pipelined processing and develop and test a message handling program
Enable appropriate security mechanisms in CICS for network service applications
Describe how Java is used with web services
Explain how the Axis2 network service is used and deployed in provider mode and requester mode
Describe how CICS applications can communicate using Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) V1.1 request and response processing capabilities
Describe how to use CICS support features for the HTTP V1.1 specification, including fragment transfer encoding, pipelining and persistent connections
Describe the service interfaces for HTTP processing, CICS Transaction Gateway, Cross Memory, WebSphere MQ, REST, Liberty Profile, JSON, and Mobile Feature Pack and Service Component Architecture (SCA)

Who is this training for?

This advanced course is designed for application developers and analysts who need to design, implement and debug CICS web services in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment

Prerequisites

Knowledge of basic operating system platforms
Basic knowledge of the basics of CICS
Ability to develop and code COBOL or PL/I applications
Basic knowledge of application design and programming

Training program

Introduction and overview of CICS network services
Exercise: Testing CICS web services and tools.
Design and development of network services
CICS as a network service provider
Exercise: creating a network service provider application
CICS as a network service provider with Rational Developer for System z
Exercise: Developing a network service provider application with Rational Developer for System z
CICS as a requester of network services
Exercise: creating an application that requests network services
CICS and XML application data
Exercise: Using CICS to analyze and generate XML
Support for network service pipelines
Exercise: creating a message handling program
WS-Security and WS-Trust
Definition of resources
Exercise: Using resources
Interface with CICS network services
Course Summary

Delivery Methods

Online

Convenience of participating from anywhere
Interactive live sessions with trainer
Materials available for 30 days
No travel costs

On-site

Direct contact with trainer and group
Intensive hands-on workshops
Networking with other participants
Full focus on learning

Frequently asked questions

What are the prerequisites for this training?

For CICS V5 Advanced Application Development for SOA and Web Services we recommend: Knowledge of basic operating system platforms; Basic knowledge of the basics of CICS; Ability to develop and code COBOL or PL/I applications.

What is the format and duration of this training?

The training lasts 4 days and is available in online and on-site format. Sessions run from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. We can also customize the schedule to fit your team's needs.

Who is this training designed for?

This training is designed for: This advanced course is designed for application developers and analysts who need to design, implement and debug CICS web services in a service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment.