Integration in practice

#### Who is the course intended for - **IT and business analysts** who need to understand how systems exchange data and want to participate confidently in the design of these interfaces. - **Application and solution architects** who are looking for best practices for designing robust and sustainable integration solutions. - **Note:** The training is **not** primarily intended for developers and programmers who already have extensive experience with integrations and are looking for purely technological details about a specific implementation in code. #### What we will teach you - Understand the concept of integration and its key role in modern architecture. - Get familiar with various integration methods and technologies. - Acquire the ability to design logical integration between applications and systems. - Identify and solve the basic challenges of security aspects of integration. #### Required entry knowledge - Awareness of the application [Postman](https://www.postman.com/). - Analytical and slightly technical thinking. - Previous knowledge of integration is not necessary. #### Teaching methods - Professional explanation with practical examples and exercises on computers. #### Study materials - Presentation of the material in printed or online form. #### Course syllabus - **Introduction to systems integration** - What is integration and why is it important? - Examples of integration in everyday life and business. - History and development of integration in IT. - **Basics of working with data** - Data formats and their role in integration (XML, JSON). - Data transformation and mapping (ETL). - Data validation and cleansing. - **Methods and approaches** - Direct connection of systems (Point-to-Point (P2P) integration). - Message-Oriented Middleware (MOM) integration. - Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and web services. - Representational State Transfer (REST) ??and RESTful API. - Event-Driven Integration. - Cloud Integration and iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service). - Business logic in integration solutions. - **Architecture and interface design** - Identification of integration needs and requirements. - Design of the overall integration architecture. - Integration patterns. - Selection of appropriate technologies and tools. - Interface documentation (Swagger/OpenAPI) - Message and data model processing. - Integration design modeling (ArchiMate/UML/BPMN). - **Security** - Data security during transmission. - Authentication and authorization. - Protection against attacks and misuse. - **Challenges and trends - Internet of Things (IoT) and its impact on data exchange. - Artificial intelligence and machine learning in the context of integration. - Automation and integration management tools. - **Practical examples** - Examples of using different integration methods. - Examples of data formats and transformations.