Job Role

Architect, Developer, IT Operations

Duration

In-Person: 2 Day(s)
Virtual: 2 Day(s)
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Overview

Who should take this course?


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 — all without writing any code. 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.

 

Note: A self-paced version of this course is also available.

 

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

When you complete this course, you will 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 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.

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Lessons and Topics

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
  • Make calls to secure and unsecured APIs

Introducing Anypoint Platform

  • Describe the benefits of Anypoint Platform and MuleSoft’s approach to be successful with it
  • 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

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 the private Anypoint Exchange
  • Create public API portals for external developers

Building APIs

  • Use Anypoint Studio to 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 RAML files
  • Connect API interfaces to API implementations
  • Synchronize changes to API specifications between Anypoint Studio and Anypoint Platform

Deploying and managing APIs

  • Describe the options for deploying Mule applications
  • Deploy Mule applications to CloudHub
  • Use API Manager to create and deploy API proxies
  • Use API Manager to restrict access to API proxies

 

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 4.4 runtime
  • Advanced REST Client 16.0.1 or later (or any other REST client application)