Learning Unwired WorkSpace Basics

If you are already familiar with Eclipse, you will find Sybase Unwired Platform features are well integrated. If you are not familiar, you can quickly learn the basic layout of Unwired WorkSpace and the location of online help.

From the Welcome page, select the Development icon to learn about the tasks you must perform. To close this page, click the X.
You can reopen the Welcome page by selecting Help > Welcome.

From Sybase Unwired WorkSpace, look at the area (window or view) that you will be working in to access, create, define, and update mobile business objects(MBOs).

Window	Description
WorkSpace Navigator view	This view displays mobile application project folders, each of which contains all project-related resources in subfolders, including MBOs, data source references to which the MBOs are bound, personalization keys, and so on. Use this view to review and modify MBO-related properties.
Enterprise Explorer view	A window that provides functionality to connect to various enterprise back-end systems; for example, database servers, SAP® servers, and Sybase Unwired Server.
Mobile Application Diagram	The Mobile Application Diagram is a graphical editor where you create and define mobile business objects. Use the Mobile Application Diagram to create MBOs (including attributes and operations), then define relationships with other MBOs. You can: Create MBOs in the Mobile Application Diagram using Palette icons and menu selections – either bind or defer binding to a data source, when creating an MBO. For example, you may want to model your MBOs before creating the data sources to which they bind. This MBO development method is sometimes referred to as the top-down approach. Drag items from Enterprise Explorer and drop them (drag and drop) onto the Mobile Application Diagram to create the MBO – quickly creates the operations and attributes automatically based on the data source being dropped on the Mobile Application Diagram. Each new mobile application project generates an associated mobile application diagram.
Palette	The Palette is accessed from the Mobile Application Diagram and provides controls, such as the ability to create MBOs, add attributes and operations, and define relationships, by dragging-and-dropping the corresponding icon onto the Mobile Application Diagram or existing MBO.
Properties view	Select an object in the Mobile Application Diagram to display and edit its properties in the Properties view. While you cannot create an MBO from the Properties view, most development and configuration is performed here.
Outline view	Displays an outline of the file that is currently open in the editor area, and lists structural elements. The contents are editor-specific.
Problem view	Displays problems, errors, or warnings that you may encounter. This is a valuable source for collecting troubleshooting information.
Error Log view	Displays error log information. This is a valuable source for collecting troubleshooting information.

To access the online help, select Help > Help Contents from the main menu bar. Expand any of the documents that appear in the left pane. Some documents are for Sybase Unwired Platform, while others are for the Eclipse development environment.