WA1510 Introduction to Struts 1.2 using RAD Training and Courseware Course Outline

1. Overview of Web Applications

  • Objectives
  • Tiered Software Architecture
  • Tiered Runtime Environment
  • Tiered Architectures
  • Presentation Layer
  • Web Presentation Layer
  • Business Logic Tier
  • Tier Integration
  • Java Web Applications
  • Java Web Application Architecture
  • J2EE Architecture
  • Web Application Programming Model - MVC
  • Model View Controller
  • A Scenario of Using MVC
 

2. Introduction to Struts

  • Objectives
  • What is Struts?
  • Why Struts?
  • Struts Components
  • The Controller Layer
  • The View Layer
  • The Form Bean
  • A Simple Action
  • Struts Configuration
  • Define HelloAction
  • Invoking HelloAction
  • Finding Information About Struts
 

3. Struts Project Configuration

  • Introduction
  • Creating a Project
  • Downloading Struts Distribution
  • Struts Files
  • The web.xml File
  • Struts Configuration Basics
  • Creating Sub-modules
  • Implications of Sub-modules
  • Advanced Sub-module Issues
 

4. Basic Struts Programming

  • The Action Class
  • Action Life Cycle
  • The ActionServlet Class
  • The execute() Method
  • Registering an Action
  • The ActionMapping Class
  • Accessing User Input
  • Form Bean
  • Registering Form Bean
  • Form Bean Life Cycle
  • HTML Form Example
  • Accessing User Input
  • Bean Scope
  • Invoking Business Logic
  • Passing Data to Model
  • Using Separate DTO Classes
  • Controlling Page Flow
  • Redirecting the Browser
 

5. Basic View Development

  • Basic Form Validation
  • From Validation Pattern
  • Validation Logic
  • Validation Failure Scenario
  • Example validate() Method
  • Configure Validation
  • Error Messages
  • Show Error Messages
  • Pre-fill Form Fields
  • Basic Steps in Pre-filling
  • Example Form
  • Form Render Scenario
  • Pre-filling After Form Validation Error
  • Pre-filling an Editor Form
  • Example Form Display Action
  • Basic Input Fields
 

6. Struts Tag Libraries

  • Struts Tag Libraries
  • Commonality among the Struts Tags
  • HTML Tags
  • <html:form>
  • <html:submit>
  • <html:text>
  • <html:password>
  • <html:link>
  • <html:errors>
  • <html:messages>
  • <html:messages>
  • <html:multibox>
  • <html:multibox>
  • <html:select>
  • <html:options>
  • Bean Tags
  • Bean Tags
  • <bean:define>
  • <bean:message>
  • <bean:page>
  • <bean:include>
  • <bean:cookie>
  • <bean:resource>
  • <bean:write>
  • <bean:header>
  • <bean:parameter>
  • Logic Tags
  • Logic Tags functionality
  • <logic:equal>
  • <logic:greaterEqual> and <logic:lessEqual>
  • <logic:lessThan> and <logic:notEqual>
  • <logic:notEmpty>
  • <logic:iterate>
  • Summary
 

7. JSP Expression Language and Standard Tag Library

  • JSP Expression Language (EL)
  • Basic Usage
  • Built-in Objects
  • Working With Arrays and Maps
  • Operators
  • Full Example
  • JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
  • Run Time Version
  • Basic Tags
  • Condition Tags
  • Interator Tags
  • Internationalization (I18N)
  • Setting Preferred Locale
  • Specifying Resource Bundle
  • Display Translated Text
  • Display Number
  • Display Date
  • JDBC Tags
  • Specify Data Source
  • Performing a Query
  • Display Result
  • Pagination Example
 

8. Advanced Programming

  • Error Handling
  • Application Error
  • Role of the Action
  • Role of the View
  • Show Data in Error Message
  • Declarative Exception Handling
  • Syntax of Declarative Exception Handling
  • HashMap Property
  • Array Property
  • Sub-beans
  • Dynamic Form Bean
  • Avoid JSP File Name in Links
  • Link to a Forward
 

9. Struts Techniques

  • Working With Check Boxes
  • The reset() Scenario
  • Example Check Box Handling
  • Dynamic List Box
  • Form Cancellation
  • Prevent Duplicate Form Submission
  • Multi-Page Flow
  • Multi-Page Flow Approaches
  • Basic Technique
  • Example Action
  • The Previous Button Handling
  • Form Validation
  • Preventing Action Proliferation
  • DispatchAction Approach
  • LookupDispatchAction Approach
  • Uploading Files
  • The FormFile Interface
  • Saving File in Database
 

10. The Validator Package

  • The Validator Package
  • Enable the Package
  • Validator Configuration Files
  • A sample rule in the file validator-rules.xml
  • validation.xml file
  • Basic Configuration
  • Rule Variables
  • Error Message
  • Common Validation Rules
  • Basic Validation
  • Range Check
  • Length Check
  • Special Types
  • Advanced Rules
  • Client Side Validation
  • Writing Custom Validators
  • Validator Class Example
 

11. Tiles Framework

  • The Problem
  • A Basic JSP Page
  • Centralized Content
  • Layout Using CSS2
  • Dreameweaver Template
  • Tiles Framework
  • Template Mechanism
  • Create the Template
  • Create Individual Pages
  • Configure Tiles
  • Composite Pages
  • Use the Pages
  • Change Management
  • Overriding Content
  • Template as a Generic Container
  • Specify the Module List
  • Render the Module List from a Template
  • Enable Tiles Framework