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AWIPS Migration Foundational Resources

The purpose of this page is to provide training resources for NWS personnel as part of their preparation for the deployment of AWIPS Migration. AWIPS II uses completely different software architecture and languages. For NWS personnel to be successful in future AWIPS II training activities, a basic knowledge of the topics below are necessary. A matrix is provided below to guide personnel to topics associated with their support or development activities as is known at this time.

NWS training, Internet resources, and suggested reading are also noted below for each topic. In addition NWS employees with repsonsibilities in these areas should keep cognizant of documentation found on the AWIPS Technology Infusion Web-site (you'll need your NOAA E-mail account for access):

Disclaimer 1: The AWIPS II system is still under development and new training requirements may appear as the system is developed. Likewise, this page is under development and thus not yet complete.
Disclaimer 2: This list in no way constitues an endorsement of any commercial item. This is a list of resources, not recommendations.
Disclaimer 3: The training links below represent generic broad-based training, some of which may not be directly germane to AWIPS support or programming tasks.

AWIPS Migration Development and Support Training Matrix By Task:

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to see additional information about a task)
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to see a list of training resources associated with that subject)
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to get an explanation/definiton of that topic or term)

ESA(1)
Support

ITO(2)
Support

Web
Pages

Micro-
Engine
Scripts

Data
Plug-ins

Smart
Tools

CAVE
Rendering

CAVE
User
Interfc

CAVE
Visual
Plug-ins

CAVE
Menus

ADE
Localizn

Stand
Alone
Local
Appl(3)

ADE

ANT

Camel

Eclipse

HDF5

Hibernate

JAVA

JMS

JMX

Obj Prog

Postgres

Python

Rhino

SOA

Spring

SVG

Velocity

XML

YourKit

Legacy
scripts
(see note3)

Note 1: Full ESA requirements are not known at this time and will be updated as they become available. To see what system administration related tutorials have been developed and made available by NWS Training Division go to the LMS (https://doc.learn.com/NOAA/NWS) and search using keyword ESA.

Note 2: What specifically an ITO needs to learn is determined by how they are utilizied by their local office.

Note 3: Local applications can be maintaned in legacy scripting languages such as Perl, TCL, etc..., as interfaces for these will be available, but is it advocated to transition to JavaScript to move more seamlessly into the new AWIPS II ADE.

Note :

indicates a resource that may be of most benefit.

AWIPS ADE

Internet Tutorial - http://www.nwstc.noaa.gov/AWIPS/ADE/introtoADE/
Overview of the software components of the AWIPS Migration ADE, and techniques and guidelines for local applications developement in that environment

ANT

Book - ANT - developers handbook
- By Alan Williamson
This book teaches Java Developers advanced topics in ANT to get the most out of the tool.

Camel

Internet Tutorial - http://activemq.apache.org/camel/tutorial-jmsremoting.html
creating a project which uses Camel to facilitate the routing of messages from a JMS queue to Spring
Internet Reference - http://activemq.apache.org/camel/book-in-one-page.html
Reference documentation.

Eclipse

Internet Tutorial - http://eclipsetutorial.sourceforge.net/
This is an Eclipse provided by Eclipse authors themselves tutorial which is a good basic Eclipse primer that includes, things such as basic Java, debugging, persistance, XML & SQL interfacing,....

Internet Tutorial - http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/fall2004/cmsc131/EclipseTutorial/
This is an Eclipse tutorial which is a good basic Eclipse primer.

Internet Tutorial - https://eclipse-tutorial.dev.java.net/
This is another step-through Eclipse tutorial (requires Java & Eclipse installation).

Internet Reference - http://www.eclipse.org
This is the home page for Eclipse

Internet Reference - News://wiki.eclipse.org/index.php/Rich_Client_Platform
Eclipse Rich Platform (RCP)

Book - Eclipse Rich Client Platform
- By Jeff McAffer
Focusing on it's Rich Client Platform the authors walk step-by-step through developing a fully featured branded RCP application using Eclipse introducing a wide range of techniques along the way

Book - SWT: The Standard Widget Toolkit, Vol 1
- By Northover
This bok will show you how to get SWT, install it, and invoke it from your programs; Understand widgets - the building blocks of a GUI, including composition and user-interaction. The authors break down the task of GUI building to the componet level, and through examples provide a guided tour of SWT.

Book - Eclipse, extending and writing plugins

HDF5

Internet Tutorial - http://www.hdf.ncsa.uiuc.edu/HDF5/doc_dev_snapshot/PSandPDF/H5-R12.Tutor.ps/

Internet Tutorial - http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~wilkins/computing/HDF/hdf5tutorial/index.html

Hibernate

Book - Better, Faster, Lighter Java
- By Tate & Gehtland, O'Reilly Publishing
This book presents two 'lightweight' open source alternatives to old 'heavyweight' JAVA architectures/methods; these alternatives being Spring and Hibernate Java development tools.

Book - Hibernate in Action
- By Baur

Java

Reference material - http://www-ad.fsl.noaa.gov/ac/javazone/ClassMaterial.html
This links to a NOAA site that is a Java resource list put together by FSL which includes PowerPoint presentations on many Java topics.

LMS tutorial - Various tutorials - (Search on Java)
Suggested basic Java courses for novice training:
- Getting started with Java (170 min)
- Creating Classes in Java (120 min)
- Working with classes in Java (160 min)
- Operators and Flow Control in Java (110 min)
- Java Utilities (190 min)
- Exception Handling and Assertions (100 min)
- Basic GUI Development in Java (140 min)

Internet Tutorial - http://www.programmingtutorials.com/java.aspx
This link presents a list of many Java tutorials and a short description for each.

Internet Tutorial - http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/
Home base for various JAVA Tutorials

Classroom Training - http://www.learningtree.com/courses/516.htm
Commercial class offered by LearningTree

Classroom Training - http://www.learningtree.com/courses/517.htm
Commercial class offered by LearningTree

Book - Java 2D Graphics
- By Kundsen
This book describes the 2D API from top to bottom, demonstrating how to set line styles and pattern fills as well as more advanced techniques of image processing and font handling

Java Messaging System

Internet Reference - http://http://www.activemq.org
ActiveMQ JMS broker

Classroom Training - http://www.learningtree.com/courses/936.htm
Commercial class offered by LearningTree

Java Managment Extension

Internet Tutorial - http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/jmx/tutorial/tutorialTOC.html
This is a fairly comprehensive tutorial on Java Managment Extentions (Requires loading JMX environment)

Classroom Training - http://www.learningtree.com/courses/516.htm
Commercial class offered by LearningTree

Classroom Training - http://www.learningtree.com/courses/517.htm
Commercial class offered by LearningTree

Object Oriented Programming

Internet Tutorial - http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/java/concepts

Classroom Training - http://www.learningtree.com/courses/323.htm
Commercial class offered by LearningTree

See also - Java resources above

Postgres RDBMS

Distance Learning Tutorial (NWSTC) - http://www.nwstc.noaa.gov/d.train/IT.HTML#postgres

Online Practice (NWSTC) - http://www.nwstc.noaa.gov/d.train/IT.HTML#postgresDEV

Python

Book - Programming Python

O'Reilly publishing
This is a -very good basic reference to the language which goes beyond simple html programming to include general progamming concepts and techniques of the language.

Book - Learning Python
Lutz & Ascher - O'Reilly publishing

Book - Dive Into Python
Apress publishing

Book - Python in a Nutshell
Martelli - O'Reilly publishing

Internet Reference - http://www.python.org
The Python homepage

Internet Reference - http://www.diveintopython.org

iMore indepth information on using Python

Rhino

Internet Reference - http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/
This is Mozilla's main reference page for all things Rhino

Service Oriented Architecture

Book - Junit in Action
- By Kundsen
Unit testing using open source framework

Classroom Training - http://www.learningtree.com/courses/424.htm
Commercial class offered by LearningTree

Spring

Internet Reference - http://www.springsource.com
Springsource support site with information on training, updates, etc...

Book - Better, Faster, Lighter Java
- By Tate & Gehtland, O'Reilly Publishing
This book presents two 'lightweight' open source alternatives to old 'heavyweight' JAVA architectures/methods; these alternatives being Spring and Hibernate Java development tools.

Book - Spring in Action
- By Walls
Introduces the ideas behind Spring and then quickly launches into a hands-on exploration of the framework. through code examples, the book shows how to build simple and efficient J2EE applications, and use Spring to manage your code.

Scalable Vector Graphics

Internet Reference - http://xml.apache.org/batik
Batik SVG tools

Internet Tutorial - http://www.w3schools.com/svg/default.asp
This SVG tutorial is from W3C who respoosible for developing the standard

Book - SVG for Web Designers
- By Jason
Sonic ESB slant

Book - SVG Essentials
- By Eisenberg, O'reilly Publishing
This books takes you through the ins and the outs of SVG, from the basics to the more complicated features

Terracotta

Internet Reference - http://www.terracotta.org/
A good what-it-is and how-it-works page

Velocity

NWS References - Preliminary discussions of the Velocity Template Language applied to WarnGen

Internet Reference - http://velocity.apache.org
This links to Apache's Velocity home page with all associated reference information.

XML

Internet Tutorial - http://java.sun.com/xml/tutorial_intro.html
This links to a good Sun Microsystems tutorials on both XML and JAVA XML APIs

Internet Tutorial - http://www.w3schools.com/xml/default.asp
Here is a basic tutorial as well as an unstructured list of XML examples and informational resources

Internet Tutorial - http://www.devshed.com/c/b/XML/
This links to a list of user community articles on XML somewhat tutorial in nature.

YourKit

Internet Reference - http://www.yourkit.com
Home page for YourKit.

Internet Reference - http://forums.yourkit.com
YourKit forum with support from knowledgable moderators.

Note :

indicates a resource that may be of most benefit.

In addition to the above resources NWS employees with administration and development repsonsibilities should keep cognizant of documentation found on the AWIPS Technology Infusion Web-site (you'll need your NOAA E-mail account for access):

For a list of all NWS Training Division AWIPS Migration training see: NWS Training Portal - AWIPS


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