Topic outline

• Building Your First Application with Caché

  Building Your First Application with Caché

  Need to learn the basics of InterSystems Caché® and get started building applications?

  Follow this learning path to get an introduction to Caché, learn about objects in Caché, and see your options for using SQL within Caché. At the end, practice these skills as you build an application using InterSystems Caché.

  Note:

  InterSystems IRIS® data platform is the next generation of proven data management software. It includes all of the capabilities of InterSystems Caché and Ensemble, plus exciting new capabilities to improve performance and scalability. Learn how to build a server-side application with InterSystems IRIS (learning path, 5h) and learn more about the benefits of InterSystems IRIS (resource guide).
• Meet InterSystems Caché

  Meet InterSystems Caché

  Before you can begin writing any code, it is important to understand what Caché is—including its value as a product—how to write classes which make up Caché programs, and how to begin working with the Caché ObjectScript programming language. The following online courses will provide an introduction.
  

  • URL1. Online Course: Getting Started with Caché (30m)

    In this online course, you will learn the basics of Caché, its general architecture, why organizations choose it for building applications, and the tools it provides for system management and development: Studio, Terminal, Management Portal, and Documentation.
  • URL2. Online Course: Creating an InterSystems Class Definition (30m)

    This online course will cover the basics of developing a class definition in your InterSystems IDE. It will focus on the structure and basic syntax of class definitions, using Class Definition Language (CDL).
    

  • URL3. Online Course: InterSystems ObjectScript Basics (1h 30m)

    In this online course, you will learn the foundations of the InterSystems ObjectScript language especially as it relates to use in creating variables and objects in InterSystems IRIS Data Platform. You will be learn about variables, commands, and operators as well as how to find more information using the InterSystems DocBooks when needed.
    

• Learn About Caché Objects

  Learn About Caché Objects

  Now that you understand the tools that you will be using to develop your application, it is important to understand the use of objects in InterSytems Caché. The following resources will help you understand objects, specifically in Caché ObjectScript, but will also include a brief overview of object-oriented programming and an introduction to using SQL with Caché.
  

  • URL1. Documentation: Introduction to Caché Objects

    This manual from documentation describes the various aspects of Caché objects. Topics include Caché Objects architecture, class definitions, the class dictionary, the Caché class library, and development tools.
    

  • URL2. Online Course: Caché Objects Introduction (30m)

    This online course is designed to give you a basic understanding of Caché objects. This course will provide an overview of Caché classes, methods, and interaction with the Caché database by creating, saving, loading, and deleting objects. The lessons in this course assume that you have some previous object-oriented programming experience.
    

  • URL3. Online Course: InterSystems SQL Overview (30m)

    In this online course, you will learn about the various options of using SQL within InterSystems IRIS Data Platform. Specifically, you will learn how to test SQL queries using both Terminal and the Management Portal, as well as how to use class queries, dynamic SQL, and embedded SQL queries within an InterSystems class.
    

• Practice Building an Application

  Practice Building an Application

  Try the following exercise to put everything together and build an application yourself.

  • URLLearning Path Exercise (1h 30m+)

    In this exercise, you will create a small database application to store and retrieve information about a large book collection. This will bring together all of the skills learned in the learning path. The exercise can be attempted before the learning path to test your knowledge or at the end as a capstone exercise.
    

• Further Resources

  Further Resources

  After you complete this learning path, there are many additional resources that you may explore to continue learning about Caché. The following materials include a classroom course, documentation, tutorials, and resource guides.

  • URLClassroom Course: Developing with InterSystems Objects and SQL

    This five-day course teaches programmers how to use the tools and techniques within the InterSystems development environment to build high-performance transactional applications. Learners build a complex application using the Atelier IDE, object-oriented design, SQL and unit testing.
    

  • URLDeveloper Community: View the latest posts and comments on Caché

    The Developer Community is a great place to ask questions and find answers. Follow this link to join the conversation! If you have created an account on the InterSystems Learning site, you can use the same login information to join the Community.
    

  • URLDocumentation: Caché QuickStart Tutorial

    This tutorial teaches you how to quickly and easily build dynamic web-enabled database applications using Caché.
    

  • URLDocumentation: Caché ObjectScript Tutorial

    This tutorial teaches the basics of this powerful object-oriented language, as well as its most distinctive features.
    

  • URLResource Guide: Learn Caché SQL: Design and Execution
  • URLResource Guide: Learn Caché SQL: Performance
  • URLDocumentation: Caché
  • URLResource Center: Read white papers and articles about Caché

    This link will bring you to the Library section of the InterSystems website to show you all of the current Caché whitepapers and articles.
    

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