About this book

Audience

This guide is intended for users who want to learn how to build service-oriented Web applications using Sybase® WorkSpace integrated development tooling.

How to use this book

This guide contains these chapters:

Chapter 1, “Getting Started with Web Application Development” introduces Web Application Development, which utilizes the JavaServer Faces (JSF) framework to enable the development, testing, debugging, and deployment of a Web application on a runtime server.
Chapter 2, “Creating a Web Application Development Project” describes how to use Web Application Development to create a project.
Chapter 3, “Using Java Managed Beans” shows you how to create a Java managed bean, create a Web page that invokes it, and how to test the Web page by running it on a server.
Chapter 4, “Using Service Managed Beans” allows you to create a Web page that invokes a SOAP service using a service managed bean.
Chapter 5, “Linking Web Pages” describes how to link a sequence of Web pages using navigation rules and how to test the linked pages.
Chapter 6, “Using DataWindow Objects” illustrates how to create a DataWindow® object, how to implement DataWindow objects in a Web page, and how to test the Web page by running it on a server.
Chapter 7, “Debugging Web Applications” introduces the Debug perspective in Sybase WorkSpace and how to set breakpoints in your Web application code.

Other sources of information

Use the Sybase Getting Started CD, the SyBooks™ CD, and the Sybase Product Manuals Web site to learn more about your product:

The Getting Started CD contains release bulletins and installation guides in PDF format, and may also contain other documents or updated information not included on the SyBooks CD. It is included with your software. To read or print documents on the Getting Started CD, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which you can download at no charge from the Adobe Web site using a link provided on the CD.
The SyBooks CD contains product manuals and is included with your software. The Eclipse-based SyBooks browser allows you to access the manuals in an easy-to-use, HTML-based format.

Some documentation may be provided in PDF format, which you can access through the PDF directory on the SyBooks CD. To read or print the PDF files, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader.

Refer to the SyBooks Installation Guide on the Getting Started CD, or the README.txt file on the SyBooks CD for instructions on installing and starting SyBooks.
The Sybase Product Manuals Web site is an online version of the SyBooks CD that you can access using a standard Web browser. In addition to product manuals, you will find links to EBFs/Maintenance, Technical Documents, Case Management, Solved Cases, newsgroups, and the Sybase Developer Network.

To access the Sybase Product Manuals Web site, go to Product Manuals.

Sybase certifications on the Web

Technical documentation at the Sybase Web site is updated frequently.

Finding the latest information on product certifications

Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Click Certification Report.
In the Certification Report filter select a product, platform, and timeframe and then click Go.
Click a Certification Report title to display the report.

Finding the latest information on component certifications

Point your Web browser to Availability and Certification Reports.
Either select the product family and product under Search by Base Product; or select the platform and product under Search by Platform.
Select Search to display the availability and certification report for the selection.

Creating a personalized view of the Sybase Web site (including support pages)

Set up a MySybase profile. MySybase is a free service that allows you to create a personalized view of Sybase Web pages.

Point your Web browser to Technical Documents.
Click MySybase and create a MySybase profile.

Sybase EBFs and software maintenance

Finding the latest information on EBFs and software maintenance

Point your Web browser to the Sybase Support Page.
Select EBFs/Maintenance. If prompted, enter your MySybase user name and password.
Select a product.
Specify a time frame and click Go. A list of EBF/Maintenance releases is displayed.

Padlock icons indicate that you do not have download authorization for certain EBF/Maintenance releases because you are not registered as a Technical Support Contact. If you have not registered, but have valid information provided by your Sybase representative or through your support contract, click Edit Roles to add the “Technical Support Contact” role to your MySybase profile.
Click the Info icon to display the EBF/Maintenance report, or click the product description to download the software.

Conventions

The following formatting conventions are used in this manual:

Formatting example	To indicate
command names and method names	When used in descriptive text, this font indicates keywords such as: Command names used in descriptive text C++ and Java method or class names used in descriptive text Java package names used in descriptive text
myCounter variable `Server.log` myfile.txt	Italic font indicates: Program variables Parts of input text that must be substituted Directory and file names
sybase\bin	A backward slash (“\”) indicates cross-platform directory information. A forward slash (“/”) applies to information specific only to UNIX. Directory names appearing in text display in lowercase unless the system is case sensitive.
File\|Save	Menu names and menu items are displayed in plain text. The pipe indicates how to navigate menu selections, such as from the File menu to the Save option.
parse\|put\|get Name\|Address	The vertical bar indicates: Options available within code Delimiter within message examples
`create table` `table created`	Monospace font indicates: Information that you enter on a command line or as program text. Example output fragments
Type the Name of the attribute. Click Apply.	GUI field or button name that is the recipient of a procedural action.
setup -is:tempdir <full path to alternate temp directory>	Information that must be supplied by the user is displayed between brackets.

If you need help

Each Sybase installation that has purchased a support contract has one or more designated people who are authorized to contact Sybase Technical Support. If you cannot resolve a problem using the manuals or online help, please have the designated person contact Sybase Technical Support or the Sybase subsidiary in your area.