OpenMRS Developer Training Week 8-12 February-2010

Location

A free-of-charge developer training week will be hosted by the Regenstrief Institute at 410 W. 10th Street, Indianapolis, IN, USA, 46202

Room 1110: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
Room 1130: Wednesday

Portions of the workshop will be webcast for those unable to attend in Indianapolis. see below for viewing information

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Prerequisites

Have an installed OpenMRS on a laptop
Have an installed Eclipse workspace
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FAQ's

Where are the training locations? See this
for both training locations and places to eat in the area.
What should I bring? See the requirements in the above section. You should bring a laptop in order to fully participate in the training. If you don't yet know enough about OpenMRS on Monday, it should be possible to learn enough on Monday to install it on your laptop Monday evening in advance of Tuesday's training.
Will wi-fi be available? Yes. Connection information will be available on Monday morning when you arrive.
Are there any handouts or advance training materials? No, there will be no official handouts for the workshop. However, if you are not very familiar with OpenMRS, you may want to see the resources for the
.
Will food be provided? Lunch will be on your own. All participants are invited to
next to Regenstrief for lunch on Monday. See the agenda for more information about lunch. Other dining options are available nearby, and vending machines are available in the building.
Are there any evening events scheduled? Not at this time, although it is possible that people may arrange an ad-hoc meetup or two.

Agenda

This is in early draft form and will likely change significantly.

Monday, 8 February 2010

9:00 AM	Opening Speech Training overview Setting of Expectations Request for feedback
9:10 AM	OpenMRS Background History of OpenMRS Overview of OpenMRS
9:30 AM	Datamodel Walkthrough Quick discussion on main sections of data models and how they relate to the webapp
10:30 AM	Technical Overview API Layer vs Web Layer API: Java Domain Objects API: Service/business vs Database layers Web: MVC Architecture Modules
11:00 AM	Lunch at Buggs Temple 2nd Floor (optional, self-pay)
1:00 PM	How to use the OpenMRS API in a Unit test Description of OpenMRS unit tests (which use junit) Where are unit test methods? A look at how the API is laid out and how to make simple calls How to run unit tests
2:00 PM	Intro to Module Framework Basic Module structure
2:45 PM	A basic module controller + jsp page Demo of adding a jsp page to OpenMRS via a module SVN checkout the following project: http://svn.openmrs.org/openmrs-modules/devexamples/jspexample/trunk
3:15 PM	Coffee/Tea/Diet Coke Break
3:30 PM	Workshop Hands-on work with a hw assignment and getting attendees comfortable with modules
4:45 PM	After action review

Tuesday, 9 February 2010

9:00 AM	Datamodel Changes in OpenMRS Core We use liquibase for incremental changes Data Model Update Conventions
9:30 AM	Datamodel Changes in a Module The Module Architecture uses the simplified sqldiff.xml
10:00 AM	JSP and HTML Overview JSP Examples
11:00 AM	Simple hibernate mapping overview http://hibernate.org http://docs.jboss.org/hibernate/stable/core/reference/en/html_single/ Hibernate Examples
12:00 PM	Lunch at Buggs Temple 2nd Floor (optional, self-pay)
1:15 PM	How to write module controllers using annotations Spring Annotations http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/2.5.6/reference/mvc.html#mvc-annotation My Favorite Patients MVC Examples Other examples: Annotation-driven_Spring_MVC and Annotation_MVC_Example_for_Cape_Town An example of doing a display+submit+validate+re-edit workflow (using the session) can be found in request accounts module
2:30 PM	Using the API to Change the Database in a Module Controller SVN checkout the following project: http://svn.openmrs.org/openmrs-modules/devexamples/jspexample/branches/jspexample-favorite-patients/
3:15 PM	Coffee/Tea/Diet Coke Break
3:30 PM	Workshop Hands-on work with a hw assignment and getting attendees more in-depth with modules Build on the RoomTemperature module: http://svn.openmrs.org/openmrs-modules/devexamples/jspexample/branches/jspexample-with-custom-object# Add a jsp page to add a new RoomTemperature object to the table. Involves adding a method to the JspExampleService/JspExampleDAO Involves adding a method to ExampleController.java to accept data Involves adding html to a jsp page that can submit data to the new method# Add a jsp page that displays all objects in the RoomTemperature table Involves adding a method to the JspExampleService/JspExampleDAO to get all RoomTemperature objects Involves adding a new jsp page to list off all RoomTemperature objects Involves adding a method to ExampleController.java controller class Solution to homework: http://dev.openmrs.org/changeset/12023
4:45PM