Before you begin work, you should be familiar with Sybase WorkSpace, including the Eclipse framework, WorkSpace basics, and development components. Review the following:
Installation
The product features available in your installation of Sybase WorkSpace are based on the licensing options purchased. You can also review the Sybase® WorkSpace Installation Guide for additional information.
Getting Started
Getting Started provides comprehensive information about basic WorkSpace functionality, planning and setup:
Sybase WorkSpace Development Components: identify high-level features of each development component.
Sybase WorkSpace Basics: understand basic concepts of using the WorkSpace tool; perspectives, views, and editors are key to working quickly and effectively.
Learn to use the online help to locate concept and task information applicable to your work objectives. Access the online help by selecting Help|Help Contents on the main menu bar. Review the glossaries, which include commonly-used acronyms, for each component. The Eclipse Workbench User Guide is also available online.
Planning: review information that helps you to plan for development.
Setup: learn about setup processes for projects, connection profiles, preferences, and server configuration.
Tutorials: start using Sybase WorkSpace by working through end-to-end or component tutorials.
Samples: run fully-configured end-to-end or component sample scenarios.
Development
If you are ready to begin development, you can review information about:
See the Sybase PowerDesigner collection on the online bookshelf.
Review the Tables of Contents for the online help. Development work is categorized by development component. Some work, such as Database Development, is flexible and can be categorized in multiple components. For example, you can create objects with database management tooling and you can create database services with service development tooling. Read How Can I Work with Databases in Sybase WorkSpace for additional information about database work.
Advanced Development
Review the following to understand and efficiently work with your system.
Setting up Java projects: If you plan to develop service functionality in Java, you should become familiar with the Java development tooling described in the Java Development User's Guide. Some tips for using Java in Sybase WorkSpace are also available under Managing Java Projects and Java Builder Settings. You will use the Java tooling if you develop Java services or transformation services that use custom Java transformation code.
Achieving high availability and enhancing performance options: Application Server Clustering can help you to identify how to evaluate implementation of these options.
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