Anypoint Platform Development: Fundamentals - Introducing the Course

In this module, you will:

• Learn about the course format
• Access the course files
• Make sure your computer is set up for class
• Review the course outline

Course requirements

• Course files
• Anypoint Studio
• Postman OR Advanced REST Client
• An active Anypoint Platform account. You can sighn up for a free 30-day trial account multiple times using the same email address. Select ‘Not Now’ when prompted to enable multi-factor authentication

Who is the course for

Developers and architects who want to get hands-on experience in building applications.

Course structure

Build an application network using API-led connectivity.

• Part 1: Use Anypoint Platform:
  1. As a central repository for the discovery and reuse of assets.
  2. To build apps to consume assets and connect systems.
  3. To take an API through its complete development lifecycle.
• Part 2: Use Anypoint Studio:
  1. To build and debug integrations and API implementations.
  2. Connect to databases, files, web services, SaaS apps, JMS queues, and more.
  3. Transform data using DataWeave, the transformation language.
  4. Add application logic and handle errors.
  5. Structure applications to facilitate development and deployment.
  6. Handle batch data processing.

Course Use Case

The course use case: Mule United Airport (MUA)
Mule United Airport is a flight hub to multiple locations. They host three different airlines in their terminals. Their current architecture has many information silos:

1. United flight info
2. REST web service
3. Delta flight info - SOAP web service
4. American flight info - MySQL
5. Accounts - MySQL
6. Accounts - Salesforce

Course Goals

First course goal

Learn how API-led connectivity and Anypoint Platform can meet integration challenges

PART 1: Getting started with Anypoint Platform

• Module 1: Introducing Application Networks and API-led Connectivity
• Module 2: Introducing Anypoint Platform

Second course goal

Build the RESTful API for the American flight data; American flight info - API

PART 1: Getting started with Anypoint Platform (cont.)

• Module 3: Designing APIs
• Module 4: Building APIs
• Module 5: Deploying and Managing APIs

Third course goal

Build an API for all the flight data; United flight info - REST web service; Delta flight info - SOAP web service; American flight info - MySQL

PART 2: Building Mule applications with Anypoint Studio

• Module 6: Accessing and Modifying Mule Events
• Module 7: Structuring Mule Applications
• Module 8: Consuming Web Services
• Module 9: Controlling Event Flow
• Module 10: Handling Errors
• Module 11: Writing DataWeave Transformations

Fourth course goal

Synchronise on-perm account data to the cloud:

• Accounts - MySQL
• Accounts - Salesforce

PART 3: Building Applications to synchronize data

• Module 12: Triggering Flows
• Module 13: Processing Records

Anki Decks

Links

• Anypoint Platform Development: Fundamentals
• Anypoint Platform Development: Fundamentals - Part 1: Getting started with Anypoint Platform
• Anypoint Platform Development: Fundamentals - Part 2 Building Mule applications with Anypoint Platform
• Anypoint Platform Development: Fundamentals - Part 3: Building applications to synchronize data