HP NonStop Enterprise Plugins for Eclipse

Course overview

This course prepares you to use the HP NonStop Enterprise Plugins for Eclipse (EPE) to develop, build, and deploy applications for the Integrity NonStop and Integrity NonStop BladeSystem. Topics include the installation of Eclipse, EPE and prerequisite products, the use of the supplied skeleton programs, the accessing of SQL/MP and SQL/MX databases, the inclusion of existing code, and the use of Visual Inspect to debug the applications. Languages covered are C/C++, COBOL, pTAL, and JAVA. The 2-day course is 70 percent lecture and 30 percent hands-on labs using HP servers.

Prerequisites

• Concepts and Facilities for HP NonStop Systems (U4147S)
• At least six months development experience on NonStop servers

Audience

• Application developers
• System analysts
• Technical support personnel

Ways to save

Course objectives

• Install Eclipse, EPE, and prerequisite products
• Use EPE to generate, edit, compile, and deploy applications
• Change EPE configuration options and project properties
• Debug applications using Visual Inspect or the Eclipse Java debugger
• Convert existing ETK projects to EPE

Next steps

• Consider attending the advanced learning courses in the HP NonStop Application Development curricula

Benefits to you

• Learn how to install and use HP NonStop Enterprise Plugins for Eclipse (EPE) to create applications in an open environment
• Gain an understanding of how you can use other Eclipse plug-ins to expand the product's capabilities
• Gain valuable hands-on experience using Eclipse and EPE

Course outline

• Eclipse background and key features
• Benefits of using Eclipse with EPE
• Project types

Module 2 - Installation

• Installation requirements and steps
• Cygwin installation
• Cross compiler installation
• Eclipse and EPE installation
• Starting Eclipse
• The NonStop perspective
• Lab: installing Eclipse and EPE

Module 3 - Basic Operations

• Creating a project
• Getting help
• Setting initial preferences
• Editing, building, and deploying a project
• Lab: create and deploy a simple application

Module 4 - Additional Operations

• Using existing source files
• Creating new build configurations
• Changing compiler and linker properties
• Using the included tools
• Accessing Guardian procedures
• Eclipse local history feature
• Backing up and restoring projects and files
• Lab: create and deploy an application using existing source files

Module 5 - Debugging

• Starting Visual Inspect
• Application and program control views
• Controlling execution
• Displaying and changing data variables
• Watch windows
• Source file assignment
• Lab: use Visual Inspect to debug applications in different languages

Module 6 - Using SQL

• Installing and accessing ODBC/MX
• SQL/MX preprocessors
• Creating projects with SQL
• Quantum/DB plugin
• SQL/MP requirements
• SCA broker
• Lab: create and deploy projects that use SQL/MX and SQL/MP

Module 7 - Customizing Eclipse and EPE

• Changing a skeleton program
• Updating Eclipse
• Remote system explorer
• Removing a plugin

Module 8 - Java Projects

• Creating a Java project
• Deployable JAR files
• Executing on NonStop systems
• Accessing JToolkit
• Using the Eclipse debugger and NonStop Java
• Lab: create and debug a Java project

Module 9 - Remote Projects

• NonStop remote perspective
• Creating remote projects
• Remote build operations
• Simultaneous file update detection

Module 10 - Converting ETK Projects

• The migration utility
• Propagated properties
• Adjusting properties

Onsite Delivery Equipment Requirements

• Integrity NonStop system running H06.14 or later, or Integrity NonStop BladeSystem running J06.04 or later
• Software:
  - SQL/MX
  - SQL/MP
  - NonStop Java
  - Visual Inspect
  
• Workstations:
  - TNS/E cross-compilers
  - JDBC type 4 driver
  - Java 1.5
  - Eclipse and EPE