Essentials of IBM Rational ClearCase for Windows V7.1 (RS504)

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About this Course

Essentials of IBM Rational ClearCase for Windows is an instructor-led course that teaches developers how to perform common day-to-day tasks using Rational ClearCase. It teaches the concepts and skills developers need to successfully manage source code change in their development environments. This course provides basic training in ClearCase functionality for those who intend to take more advanced courses in the ClearCase curriculum.

Audience Profile

This is a basic course for first-time Rational ClearCase users requiring an introduction to ClearCase concepts and a practical, hands-on introduction to common Rational ClearCase operations.

At Course Completion

Upon completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Explain ClearCase concepts
  • Set up their development workspace
  • Access and work with files under source control
  • Merge work to and from the integration workspace
  • Create and work with snapshot views
  • Configure workspaces for parallel development
  • Perform advanced merge operations
  • Apply ClearCase metadata including labels, attributes, and hyperlinks
  • Generate ClearCase reports

Prerequisites

You should have:

  • One year experience working with Microsoft Windows

Course Outline

1. Getting started in ClearCase

  • Typical developer workflow
  • Workspace management
  • The checkin/checkout model
  • Versioning and branching software assets
  • Snapshot and dynamic views
  • Configuring workspaces for parallel development
  • Integrating parallel development
  • ClearCase metadata
  • Managing builds with clearmake and omake