Anypoint Platform Development: Mule 4 for Mule 3 Users

3 days
Self-paced
Instructor-led
Level 1

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Summary

This course is for experienced Mule 3 developers who want to quickly uplevel their skills to Mule 4. The course is hands-on and focuses on what’s new and/or different in Mule 4 and Studio 7.

The course prepares students to take the MuleSoft Certified Developer - Level 1 exam. Students completing the course by April 26, 2024, will automatically receive two exam attempts. Note: The MuleSoft certification program will be moved over to the Salesforce Certification program, available through Webassessor starting May 6, 2024. For additional information, please visit our FAQ.

Objectives

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

Build Mule 4 applications using Anypoint Studio.
Use Anypoint Studio to build & debug integrations and API implementations.
Connect to databases, files, web services, SaaS apps, JMS queues, and more.
Transform data using DataWeave 2, the transformation language.
Add application logic and handle errors.
Handle batch data processing.
Migrate a Mule 3 application to Mule 4 using Mule Migration Assistant.

Audience

Users who have acquired foundational experience of Mule 3 development processes.

Prerequisites

Experience developing Mule 3 applications.

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
Anypoint Studio 7.14 or later with embedded Mule 4 runtime
A Salesforce Developer account (not a standard account) and API Access token
Advanced REST Client 16.0.1 or later (or any other REST client application)

Get a detailed setup document here.

Module 1: Accessing and modifying Mule events	Log event data Debug Mule applications Read and write event properties Write expressions with the DataWeave expression language Create variables
Module 2: Structuring Mule applications	Create applications composed of multiple flows and subflows Pass events between flows using asynchronous queues Encapsulate global elements in separate configuration files Specify application properties in a separate properties file and use them in the application Describe the purpose of each file and folder in a Mule project Define and manage application metadata
Module 3: Consuming web services	Consume web services that have an API (and connector) in Anypoint Exchange Consume RESTful web services Consume SOAP web services Pass parameters to SOAP web services using the Transform Message component Transform data from multiple services to a canonical format
Module 4: Controlling event flow	Multicast events Route events based on conditions Validate events
Module 5: Handling errors	Handle messaging errors at the application, flow, and processor level Handle different types of errors, including custom errors Use different error scopes to either handle an error and continue execution of the parent flow or propagate an error to the parent flow Set the success and error response settings for an HTTP Listener Set reconnection strategies for system errors
Module 6: Writing DataWeave transformations	Write DataWeave expressions for basic XML, JSON, and Java transformations Write DataWeave transformations for complex data structures with repeated elements Define and use global and local variables and functions Use DataWeave functions Coerce and format strings, numbers, and dates Define and use custom data types Call Mule flows from DataWeave expressions Store DataWeave scripts in external files
Module 7: Triggering flows	Read and write files Trigger flows when files are added, created, or updated Trigger flows when new records are added to a database table Schedule flows to run at a certain time or frequency Persist and share data in flows using the Object Store Publish and consume JMS messages
Module 8: Processing records	Process items in a collection using the For Each scope Process records using the Batch Job scope Use filtering and aggregation in a batch step
Module 9: Migrating Mule 3 applications	Migrate a Mule 3 application using Mule Migration Assistant (MMA) Describe the scope and limitations of MMA Read and understand MMA migration reports Refactor a migrated application to make best use of Mule 4 features