MuleSoft Core Training

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

• Build an application network using API-led connectivity and Anypoint Platform.

• Use the Anypoint Platform to discover, consume, design, build, deploy, manage, and govern APIs.

• Connect to databases, files, web services, SaaS applications, JMS queues, and more.

• Add application logic, handle errors, and transform data using DataWeave.

• Structure applications to facilitate development and deployment.

• Handle batch data processing.

• A basic understanding of data formats such as XML, CSV, and JSON.

• A basic understanding of integration such as HTTP, JMS, JDBC, REST, and SOAP.

• An Anypoint Platform account.

• OpenJDK 8 (not 11 or a later version).

• Anypoint Studio 7.5.0 or later with embedded Mule 4.3 runtime.

• A Salesforce Developer account (not a standard account) and API Access token.

• Advanced REST Client (Postman/SOAPUI)

Explaining Application Network Basics

• Explain MuleSoft’s proposal for closing the IT delivery gap

• Describe the role and characteristics of the “modern API.”

• Describe the purpose and roles of a C4E

• Define and describe the benefits of API-led connectivity and application networks

• Define and correctly use the terms API, API implementation, API interface, API consumer, and API invocation

• Describe the basics of the HTTP protocol and characteristics of requests and responses

• Describe the capabilities and high-level components of Anypoint Platform for the API lifecycle

• Accessing and Modifying Mule Events

• Structuring Mule Applications

• Parameterize an application using property placeholders

• Define and reuse global configurations in an application

• Break an application into multiple flows using private flows, subflows, and the Flow Reference component

• Specify what data (payload, attributes, variables) is persisted between flows when a Flow Reference is used

• Specify what data (payload, attributes, variables) is persisted between flows when a Mule event crosses a connection boundary

• Specify what data (payload, attributes, variables) exists in a flow before and after a call in the middle of a flow to an external resource

• Manually create a RESTful interface for a Mule application

• Generate a REST Connector from a RAML specification

• Describe the features and benefits of APIkit

• Use APIkit to create implementation flows from a RAML file

• Describe how requests are routed through flows generated by APIkit

• Use the Choice router to route events based on conditional logic

• Use the Scatter-Gather router to multicast events

• Validate data using the Validation module

• Describe the default error handling in a Mule application

• Define a custom global default error handler for an application and identify in what situations it will be used

• Compare and contrast how the On Error Continue and On Error Propagate scopes work

• Create one or more error handlers for a flow

• Use the Try scope to specify error handlers for one or more event processors

• Describe the data structure of the Mule Error object

• Map errors to custom application errors

• Write DataWeave scripts to convert JSON, XML, and Java data structures to different data structures and data types

• Use DataWeave functions

• Define and use DataWeave variables, functions, and modules

• Define and use custom data types

• Apply correct DataWeave syntax to coerce data types

• Apply correct DataWeave syntax to format strings, numbers, and dates

• Call Mule flows from a DataWeave script

• Retrieve data from a Database using the Database connector

• Create parameterized SQL queries for the Database connector

• Retrieve data from a REST service using HTTP Request or a REST Connector

• Use a Web Service Consumer connector to consume SOAP web services

• Use the Transform Message component to pass arguments to a SOAP web service

• List, read, and write local files using the File connector

• List, read, and write remote files using the FTP connector

• Use the JMS connector to publish and listen for JMS messages

• List and compare and contrast the methods for processing individual records in a collection

• Explain how Mule events are processed by the For Each scope

• Use the For Each scope to process records

• Explain how Mule events are processed by the Batch Job scope

• Use a Batch Job with Batch Steps and a Batch Aggregator to process records

• Use the Scheduler component to trigger a flow

• Use connector listeners to trigger flows

• Describe the features, benefits, and process to use watermarking

• Describe the features, benefits, and process to use automatic watermarking vs. manual watermarking

• Use connectors with automatic watermarking capabilities

• Persist data between flow executions using the Object Store

• Use breakpoints to inspect a Mule event during runtime

• Install missing Maven dependencies

• Read and decipher Mule log error messages

• Package Mule applications for deployment

• Deploy applications to CloudHub

• Use CloudHub properties to ensure deployment success

• Create and deploy API proxies

• Connect an API implementation to API Manager using autodiscovery

• Use policies, including client ID enforcement, to secure an API

• Create SLA tiers and apply SLA based policies