Course Description

An IBM Certified Application Developer - Cloud Platform v2 technical professional understands concepts essential to the development of Cloud applications. They will have experience creating applications on IBM Bluemix.

Certification Number:

Test C5050-384: IBM Cloud Platform Application Development v2

Objectives

After this course you will be able to:

• Cloud service models and IBM Cloud offerings
• Deploy and modify a boilerplate application in Node.js by using the Bluemix web interface
• Use the cf command line (Cloud Foundry) to deploy applications
• Modify your applications by using DevOps services and tooling
• The basics of containers, Docker files, and virtual machines, Open Whisks
• Implement cloud-ready applications -- how to design, manage, scale, debug, and monitor Bluemix applications
• How to manage applications with DevOps Services (agile planning, web code editor, source code management, and continuous integration and delivery)
• Understanding Cloud Foundry and Bluemix Architecture in details.
• Weigh architecture design alternatives in order to meet business goals, including scalability, availability, and cost effectiveness
• Integrating Bluemix Services (Mobile, Watson, Web & Application, IOT, Twitter) with Bluemix Runtimes

Audience

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Prerequisites

• Participants should have min.2+ years of experience in Application Development (not support)
• Participant should have undergone complete project development life cycle (SDLC)
• Fair knowledge on Cloud application will be advantage

Content

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MODULE 1: Hosting Cloud Applications

• Cloud computing
• Describe the different capabilities of IBM Bluemix
• Understand the capabilities of rapid application development and deployment using boilerplates and managed services

MODULE 2: Planning Cloud Applications

• Describe key components of selected IBM Bluemix Cloud computing platforms (CloudFoundry, containers, event driven)
• Configure and use runtimes of IBM Bluemix Cloud Foundry applications
• Explain the process of deploying an application in IBM Bluemix Cloud Foundry
• Describe the organization management elements in IBM Bluemix Cloud computing platforms : Orgs, Spaces, Users, Domains and Quota
• Manage a Bluemix organization in a development and production environment
• Understand IBM Bluemix Regions and how to manage applications in multiple regions
• Use the IBM Bluemix command line tool (CLI) to manage applications on selected IBM Bluemix Cloud computing platforms

MODULE 3: Designing and develop Cloud Ready Applications

• Understand how to design, develop, deploy and manage an IBM Bluemix application following the Twelve-Factor App methodology (http://12factor.net/)
• Apply selected IBM Cloud Reference Architectures for Cloud native applications
• Describe the advantages of serverless computing which can be considered when designing, deploying and managing Bluemix applications

MODULE 4: Services

• Improve performance and scalabilty of IBM Bluemix applications with caching
• Enable loosely coupled integration for IBM Bluemix applications and components by using Messaging Services
• Describe cognitive capabilities to process unstructured data and images in IBM Bluemix
• Configure file storage and retrieval for IBM Bluemix applications and components by using Object Storage Services

MODULE 5: Using Data Services

• Understand how to configure external authentication using IBM Bluemix web applications with the Single Sign On service (SSO)

MODULE 6: Enhancing applications by using managed services

• Configure an application to use SSL with a custom domain
• Securely handling credentials for APIs and other application services
• Understand capabilities to secure application data in IBM Cloud

MODULE 7: Using DevOps toolchain to develop and deliver cloud applications

• Describe the capabilities of IBM Bluemix DevOps toolchain
• Understand capabilities for source code management for IBM Bluemix Continuous Delivery toolchains
• Develop and deploy cloud applications using IBM Bluemix Continuous Delivery and code editors
• Describe how use Delivery Pipeline to manage continuous integration and continuous delivery

MODULE 8: Managing a running cloud application

• Understand scaling concepts for a Cloud application and steps to scale an application in IBM Bluemix
• Perform load testing on Cloud applications using simulated loads and describe the benefits of load testing
• Explain various methods to monitor an application in IBM Bluemix
• Debug a Cloud application running on IBM Bluemix