Getting Started with Anypoint Platform (Mule 3)

Summary

This introductory course is for anyone involved in an Anypoint Platform™ project who wants to get hands-on experience learning about the platform and how to use it to discover, consume, design, build, deploy, manage, and govern APIs. Students will not write any code in this course.

Note: This course is not for developers and architects who are going to take the Anypoint Platform Development: Fundamentals course, which includes this content and more.

Get a datasheet for the course here.

Note: The Mule 3 version of this course is no longer available. For the Mule 4 version of the course, go here.

Objectives

At the end of this course, students should be able to:

Describe the benefits of application networks and API-led connectivity.
Use Anypoint Exchange as a central repository for the discovery and reuse of assets.
Use Flow Designer to build integration apps that consume APIs from Exchange and transform data.
Use API Designer to define APIs with RAML and make them discoverable by adding them to Exchange.
Use Anypoint Studio to build APIs that connect to databases and transform data with DataWeave.
Deploy API implementations to CloudHub.
Use API Manager to create and deploy API proxies that govern access to APIs.

Prerequisites

A basic understanding of data formats such as XML and JSON
A basic understanding of typical integration technologies such as HTTP, REST, and SOAP

Setup requirements

A computer with:
- At least 8-16 GB RAM (16 highly recommended), 2GHz CPU, and 10GB available storage
- A minimum screen resolution of 1024x768
Internet access to ports 80 and 3306 (with > 5Mbps download and > 2Mbps upload)
The latest version of Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge
An Anypoint Platform account
JDK 1.8
Anypoint Studio 6 with embedded Mule 3.9 runtime
Postman REST client (or any other REST client application)

Get a detailed setup document here.

Module 1: Introducing application networks and API-led connectivity	Explain what an application network is and its benefits Describe how to build an application network using API-led connectivity Explain what web services and APIs are Explore API directories and portals Make calls to secure and unsecured APIs
Module 2: Introducing Anypoint Platform	Identify all the components of Anypoint Platform Describe the role of each component in building application networks Navigate Anypoint Platform Locate APIs and other assets needed to build integrations and APIs in Anypoint Exchange Build basic integrations to connect systems using Flow Designer
Module 3: Designing APIs	Define APIs with RAML, the Restful API Modeling Language Mock APIs to test their design before they are built Make APIs discoverable by adding them to Anypoint Exchange Create API portals for developers to learn how to use APIs
Module 4: Building APIs	Use Anypoint Studio to create flows graphically Build, run, and test Mule applications Use a connector to connect to databases Use the graphical DataWeave editor to transform data Create RESTful interfaces for applications from a RAML file Connect API interfaces to API implementations
Module 5: Deploying and managing APIs	Describe the options for deploying Mule applications Use properties in Mule applications so they can be easily moved between environments Deploy Mule applications to CloudHub Use API Manager to create and deploy API proxies to CloudHub Restrict access to API proxies

Getting Started with Anypoint Platform (Mule 3)

Summary

Objectives

Prerequisites

Setup requirements

Private training

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