Anypoint Platform Architecture: Solution Design Training

Curriculum:

PART 1: Architectural Styles and Patterns

Module 1: Introducing MuleSoft's Application Network Vision

• Recognize today’s challenges for enterprise integration
• Articulate MuleSoft’s architectural approaches
• Describe the case study used in the course

Module 2: Reviewing Architectural Styles and Patterns

• Define important course terminology
• Describe SOA, its principles and evolution
• Describe ESBs and their evolution
• Describe microservice architectures
• Recognize different types of design patterns
• Describe patterns important for enterprise integration

PART 2: Integration Application Design

Module 3: Designing RESTful APIs

• Create high-level API designs following REST principles
• Categorize APIs following the API-led connectivity approach
• Avoid common pitfalls in RESTful API design
• Describe how the components of Anypoint Platform support the API lifecycle

Module 4: Planning Integration Solutions

• Describe the difficulties in documenting software architectures
• List the main architectural viewpoints and their elements
• Describe the goals of planning for demand and capacity
• Describe the fundamental approaches to high availability in Anypoint Platform
• Describe the CloudHub technology architecture

PART 3: Implementation Patterns

Module 5: Designing Mule Applications

• Describe the Mule runtime technology architecture
• List the main components of Mule applications
• Choose between processing strategies available to Mule applications
• Describe factors in designing a new Mule application
• Select an approach to modularizing Mule applications
• Sketch a DevOps and CI/CD approach for Mule applications

Module 6: Achieving High Availability and Reliability

• Define reliability
• Describe factors influencing reliable integration solutions
• Describe high availability features in CloudHub
• Describe high availability features in Mule runtime clusters
• Select appropriate transaction management in Mule applications
• Choose between persistency approaches in Mule runtimes
• Apply the reliability patterns in Mule applications

Module 7: Optimizing Performance

• Choose between batch and real-time processing in Mule applications
• Describe options for handling large numbers and sizes of messages
• Design and tune Mule applications for performance, throughput, and low latency

Module 8: Considering Security

• Recognize security requirements
• Describe approaches to identity management and authentication
• Describe elements of message integrity and confidentiality
• List API security principles
• Describe the security features in Anypoint Platform
• Describe the purpose feature of CloudHub VPCs
• Choose between available SSL modes
• List aspects of a hardened Mule runtime