[DevWorks] Getting started with IBM Worklight V6.1

Getting started with IBM Worklight V6.1

Getting started with IBM Worklight V6.1

1. Setting up your environment
2. Hello Worklight
3. Client-side development basics
4. Server-side development
5. Advanced client-side development
6. Adding native functionality to hybrid apps with Cordova
7. Developing native apps
8. Authentication and security
9. Advanced topics
10. Moving to production
11. Integrating with other products
12. Stand-alone samples

• Additional resources
• Terms and conditions

1. Setting up your environment

Learn how to set up your development environment to work with IBM Worklight.

Tutorials
Setting up your Worklight development environment
Setting up your iOS development environment
Setting up your Android development environment
Setting up your BlackBerry 6 and 7 development environment
Setting up your BlackBerry 10 development environment
Setting up your Windows Phone 8 development environment

2. Hello Worklight

Learn how to create your first IBM Worklight app and preview it in different mobile operating systems.

Tutorials	Exercises and code samples
Creating your first Worklight application	Exercise and code sample
Previewing your application on iOS
Previewing your application on Android
Previewing your application on BlackBerry 6 and 7
Previewing your application on BlackBerry 10
Previewing your application on Windows Phone 8
NEW: Previewing your application on Windows 8
NEW: Previewing your application on Mobile Web and Desktop Browser

3. Worklight client-side development basics

Learn how to use basic IBM Worklight APIs to develop your apps, how to build a multi-page application, how to work with the user interface framework, how to debug and optimize your app, and some general information that you must know to work in each specific environment.

Tutorials	Exercises and code samples
Learning Worklight client side API	Exercise and code sample
Building a multi-page application	Exercise and code sample
Working with UI frameworks
Debugging your applications
Optimizing your application for various environments
General information when developing for iOS
General information when developing for Android
General information when developing for BlackBerry 6 and 7
General information when developing for BlackBerry 10
General information when developing for Windows Phone 8
HIGHLY REVISED: General information when developing Mobile Web applications
HIGHLY REVISED: General information when developing desktop applications

4. Worklight server-side development

Learn how to develop the server code (adapters) that your mobile application requires to integrate with enterprise back-end applications and cloud services.

Tutorials	Exercises and code samples
Adapter framework overview
HTTP adapter – Communicating with HTTP back-end systems	Exercise and code sample
SQL adapter – Communicating with SQL database	Exercise and code sample
Cast Iron adapter – Communicating with Cast Iron
JMS adapter – Communicating with JMS	Exercise and code sample
Invoking adapter procedures from client applications	Exercise and code sample
Advanced adapter usage and mashup	Exercise and code sample
Using Java in adapters	Exercise and code sample

5. Advanced client-side development

Learn how to implement different features in your mobile application, such as controls, skins, offline access, translation, and encryption of sensitive data. You also learn how to develop your client application by using native APIs.

Tutorials	Exercises and code samples
Overview of client technologies
Common UI controls	Exercise and code sample
Supporting multiple form factors using Worklight skins
Working offline	Exercise and code sample
Enabling translation	Exercise and code sample
Using Direct Update to quickly update your application
Storing sensitive data in Encrypted Cache	Exercise and code sample
JSONStore – The client-side JSON-based database overview
JSONStore – Common JSONStore Usage	Exercise and code sample

6. Adding native functionality to hybrid apps with Apache Cordova

Learn how to use Apache Cordova with IBM Worklight, and how to use native pages in hybrid applications.

Tutorials	Exercises and code samples
Apache Cordova overview
iOS - Using native pages in hybrid applications	Exercise and code sample
iOS – Adding native functionality to hybrid application with Apache Cordova plugin	Exercise and code sample
Android – Using native pages in hybrid applications	Exercise and code sample
Android – Adding native functionality to hybrid application with Apache Cordova plugin	Exercise and code sample
Windows Phone 8 – Adding native functionality to hybrid application with Apache Cordova plugin	Exercise and code sample

7. Developing native applications with Worklight

Learn how to develop native applications with IBM Worklight.

Tutorials	Exercises and code samples
Using Worklight API in native iOS applications	Exercise and code sample (app) Exercise and code sample (native API)
Using Worklight API in native Android applications	Exercise and code sample (app) Exercise and code sample (native API)
Using Worklight API in native Java ME applications	Exercise and code sample (app) Exercise and code sample (native API)
Using Worklight API for push notifications in native iOS applications	Exercise and code sample (app) Exercise and code sample (native API)
Using Worklight API for push notifications in native Android applications	Exercise and code sample (app) Exercise and code sample (native API)

8. Authentication and security

Learn how to protect your applications and adapter procedures against unauthorized access by using authentication, login modules, and device provisioning.

Tutorials	Exercises and code samples
Authentication concepts
Form-based authentication	Exercise and code sample
Adapter-based authentication	Exercise and code sample
Custom Authenticator and Login Module	Exercise and code sample
Using LDAP Login Module to authenticate users with LDAP server	Exercise and code sample
WebSphere® LTPA-based authentication
Device provisioning concepts
Custom device provisioning	Exercise and code sample
Application Authenticity Protection
NEW: Client X.509 Certificate Authentication and User Enrollment	Exercise and code sample

9. Advanced topics

Learn advanced topics that you can use with IBM Worklight, such as how to develop by using shells or how to handle notifications.

Tutorials	Exercises and code samples
Shell development concepts	Exercise and code sample
Android shell development
iOS shell development
Push notifications	Exercise and code sample
SMS notifications	Exercise and code sample
NEW: Two-way SMS communication	Exercise and code sample
Integrating server-generated pages in hybrid applications	Exercise and code sample
Location services	Exercise and code sample Exercise and code sample Exercise and code sample

10. Moving to production

Learn how to move the apps that you create from your development environment to the production environment.

Tutorials
Sample files for creating your own input files to IBM Installation Manager to allow scripted installations of Worklight Server, without the need to use the graphical user interface of Information Manager.	Code sample
Moving from development environment to stand-alone QA and production servers
Operational Analytics
Reports and analytics
Distributing mobile applications with Application Center

11. Integrating with other products

Learn how IBM Worklight integrates with other IBM products, such as IBM PureApplication™ System and Tivoli® Directory Server.

Tutorials	Exercises and code samples
Using Rational Team Concert™ to build your applications	Exercise and code sample
Introducing Worklight Server and Application Center on IBM PureApplication System
Integrating IBM Tivoli Directory Server on IBM PureApplication System
Using Worklight application as a container for server-generated pages	Exercise and code sample
Container for advanced pages	Exercise and code sample
Integrating with SiteMinder	Exercise and code sample
NEW: Accelerating application development by reusing resources
Testing Worklight Mobile Applications with the Mobile Test Workbench

12. Stand-alone samples

Learn how to use IBM Worklight to develop applications that are based on the Dojo Mobile and jQuery Mobile frameworks, by studying the following samples.

Tutorials	Exercises and code samples
Running the Dojo-based sample	Exercise and code sample
Running Dojo-based Mysurance end-to-end sample	Exercise and code sample
Running Dojo Mobile-based Apache Cordova sample	Exercise and code sample
Running jQuery Mobile-based Flight Ticket sample	Exercise and code sample

Additional resources

Download convenient ZIPs of just the Getting started material. Try the Starter applications for a fast start to creating your mobile apps. Browse additional documentation on how to calculate the required hardware for your IBM Worklight deployment.

Additional resources
All Getting started modules
All Getting started module companion samples and application samples
IBM Worklight Starter application
IBM Worklight Starter application with jQuery Mobile
IBM Worklight Starter application with Sencha
IBM Worklight Starter application with Dojo Mobile
IBM Worklight Scalability & Hardware Sizing  Hardware Calculator	Get results of Worklight scalability tests, and a guide to using the Hardware Calculator. The Hardware Calculator is a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to help you determine the required hardware for your IBM Worklight deployment.