Amsterdam
Information
The cafe bootcamps are intensive day long workshops consisting of presentations and exercises designed to help developers get up to speed developing tools/apps for the Sakai framework. The bootcamps are also intended as a way to present new development technologies and best practices and techniques to developers who are experienced in Java and Sakai development. There is a joint session at the end of the bootcamp for UI designers and developers.
Attendees
Prerequisites - required setup for participant computers to make the sessions as productive as possible. If you're having trouble, contact the sakai dev list for help.
No sign up necessary! Just show up (please be on time).
Amsterdam Programmer's Cafe Agenda, Monday June 11th, 2007:
Setup your laptop for the workshop: Development Environment Setup Walkthrough
You should do this BEFORE the workshop
You will require 2 extra steps for this exercise
Check out the entity broker package from https://source.sakaiproject.org/contrib/caret/entitybroker/tags/1.0 into your sakai root
Add the CARET Maven repository to your Maven build.properties -
maven.repo.remote=http://source.sakaiproject.org/maven/,http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/maven,http://www2.caret.cam.ac.uk/maven
Find more help with writing Sakai apps: Sakai Programmer Manual
Get the Sakai cafe distribution from SVN here:
https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/cafe/branches/2-3-x/
Session 1: (9:00) Welcome and Intro to Sakai development
Welcome to Amsterdam Bootcamp
Run the app builder plugin to generate the basic structure for the RSF Blog Tool Exercise
Inherit and review html templates from designer
Inherit and review database structure from DBA
Write HBM files based on database structure
Write model classes (entity POJOs) based on HBM file schema
Presenter: @Former user (Deleted)
Session 2: (10:00) Persistence
Data Access layer
Review of GenericDAO capabilities
Write DAO Java interface in api module, and demonstrate starting implementation by extending GenericDAO base class
Create DAO stub implementation
Construct DAO test data
Write DAO tests
Write DAO implementation
Add/update spring bean config files (components.xml, etc.)
Run dao tests
Presenter: @Former user (Deleted)
Break (10:40)
Session 3: (10:55) Logic
Logic layer
Write logic API methods in api module to be called from tool
Demonstrate calling a DAO method from a logic API method
Create logic layer stub implementation
Create logic layer tests
Write logic layer implementation
Run logic tests
Presenter: @Former user (Deleted)
Session 4: (11:30) Working on the view layer (RSF)
Implementing the starting view (HomeProducer)
Eyeing over the template for rsf:ids - leaf and branch tags
Simple components and producers (UIInput, UIOutput)
I18N in RSF (formatted dates, UIMessage)
Presenter: @Former user (Deleted)
Lunch: (12:40) Please plan to be back to the session on time
Special Session: Developer involvement in Sakai
Presenter: @Former user (Deleted)
Session 4: (2:00)
Multiple views and templates, the ViewParameters system
Setting up file templates and injection for the navigation bar (NavBarRenderer)
The EntityBroker and ViewParameters
Rendering a public RSS feed
Presenter: @Former user (Deleted)
Session 5: (3:00) RSF and storage
The main Blog view
Setting up an RSF form, UICommand controls and parameters
Setting up OTP locators for the backing model
Presenter: @Former user (Deleted)
Combo Session: (4:30) Combined U-Camp and Programmer's Cafe Session
UI and developer related conversation
Presenter: @Former user (Deleted) and company