WA1164 BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1: Rapid Application Development Training and Courseware Course Outline

WA1164 BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1: Rapid Application Development Training and Courseware Course Outline


1. Introduction to WebLogic Platform
	Introduction WebLogic Server WebLogic Portal WebLogic Integration WebLogic Workshop WebLogic Workshop Framework Annotation Based Programming

2. Introduction to WebLogic Workshop
	Objectives WebLogic Workshop IDE Navigate Application Files Visual Page Flow Design Action View Source View Flow Navigation Tab Property Editor The Palette Document Structure Tab Screen Tips J2EE EAR File What are Modules? J2EE Deployment Descriptors Workshop Applications and Projects Creating an Application Creating a Project The Build Process Creating Server Configurations IDE Properties Application Properties Control Test Server Deploy Application Summary Reference

3. J2EE and WebLogic NetUI
	Objectives Goals of Enterprise Applications What is Java? What is J2EE? Role of Application Server The J2EE Specifications J2EE Components What is a Servlet? What is a JSP? What is an EJB? Model-View-Controller Architecture MVC – An Example Problems Using J2EE for MVC NetUI Framework NetUI Page Flow Page Flow Execution Page Flows and MVC Visual Page Flow Design Creating a Page Flow Creating Form Beans Creating Actions Creating Forwards Forward Names Advantages to Page Flows Summary Reference

4. Form Validation
	Objectives Purpose of Form Validation Types of Validation Workshop Validation Framework Adding Validation Logic Create Message Catalog Add Messages to Catalog Link Page Flow to Message Catalog Add Validation Logic to a Form Bean Returning ActionErrors Specify Validation Error Forward Display Errors on JSP Pages Optional Message Keys for Errors Default Error Page Summary Reference

5. Control Architecture
	Introduction Types of Controls Advantage of Controls Basic Features of the Framework Control Invocation Control Development Artifacts Using Controls Extending a Pre-built Control Creating a Custom Control Using a Control Registering Callbacks Database Control SQL Statement for Method Returning Values Web Service Control Creating a Web Service Control Using a Web Service Control JMS Control Extending the JMS Control

6. JavaServer Page (JSP) Basics
	Objectives JavaServer Pages A Simple Example - Hello.jsp JSP Benefits Evolution of Dynamic Content Technologies How JSP Works JSP Invocation JSP Scripting Elements The XML Syntax JSP Directive page Directive Attributes page Directive – an Example page Attribute – errorPage page Attribute – isErrorPage Using XML Syntax Directives – include Include – an Example Include at compile time vs. at request time Request time inclusion JSP Declarations Declarations – an Example JSP Expressions JSP Expressions – an Example JSP Scriptlets JSP Scriptlets – an Example JSP Comments JSP Predefined Variables The request Object The response Object The out Object Out – an Example

7. Workshop NetUI JSP Tags
	Objectives Purpose of Custom Tags Components of Custom Tags NetUI Custom Tags NetUI HTML Library NetUI Data Binding Library NetUI Template Library Adding NetUI Tags in Workshop NetUI Tag Attributes Data Binding and XScript Using XScript to Access Data Use of XScript in NetUI Tags Data Binding Contexts Accessing Named Attributes Common NetUI HTML Tags Common NetUI Data Binding Tags Common NetUI Template Tags Summary Reference

8. Advanced Page Flow
	Objectives Nested Page Flow Nested Page Flow - Differences Creating a Nested Page Flow Nested Page Flow Exits Situations for Nested Page Flows Examples of Nested Page Flows Returning Data From Nested Page Flows Other Navigational Elements Anchors Return Summary

9. Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) Overview
	Objectives Needs for EJB Distributed Computing Distributed Transaction Distributed Security What are EJBs? Main Characteristics of EJBs EJB Remote Method Call EJB Architecture Components EJB Client EJB JAR File EJB Server EJB Container EJB Container - Persistence EJB Container - Transaction Enterprise Java Beans Session Beans Entity Beans EJB Classes and Interfaces Basic Components of Entity and Session Beans EJB Home Interface An EJB Home Interface Example EJBHome Object EJB Remote Interface Remote Interface Example EJB Local Home Interface EJB Local Interface Remote EJB Objects Local EJB Objects EJB Implementation Class Remote v. Local EJBs EJB Application Development Deploying Enterprise Beans Major Components of Deployed EJBs Summary

10. Developing EJBs in WebLogic Workshop
	Objectives EJB Project Visual EJB Development Use of EJBGen Creating EJBs in Workshop Developing Session EJBs Developing Entity EJBs Developing Message Driven EJBs EJB Controls Developing EJB Controls Summary Reference

11. Introduction to Web Services
	Objectives Web Service Example What are Web Services? How do Web Services Communicate? How are Web Services Described? WSDL Example How are Web Services Discovered? Web Service Architecture Web Service Security Deploying Web Services Summary Reference

12. Developing Web Services in Workshop
	Objectives Difficulties in Developing Web Services Benefits of Workshop Web Services Workshop Web Service Definition Using Controls in Web Services "Wrapping" J2EE Components with Web Services Complex Return Types Web Service Bindings Testing Web Services Generating WSDL Files Developing Web Service Clients Summary Reference

13. XML Schema and XMLBeans
	What is XML Schema? Creating a Schema File Defining a Simple Element Defining a Complex Element Defining Element Attributes Referring to an Element From Another Element Defining Abstract Data Types Adding Restrictions Referring to a Schema from a XML Document XMLBeans Creating XMLBeans Working With XMLBeans

14. WebLogic Security
	Objectives Authentication and Authorization Challenge Mechanism J2EE Security Roles Workshop Framework Security Securing a Page Flow Creating Security Roles Creating Users and Groups Mapping Roles to Principals Configure Secure Page Flow Nested Login Page Flow Securing Other Resources Security Exceptions Transport Security Digital Certificates SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) Using SSL in Web Applications Summary Reference

15. Transaction Management
	Transaction Basics EJB Transaction Basics Transaction Propagation Transaction in WebLogic Workshop Framework Transaction and Built-in Controls

16. Integration Patterns
	Need for Integration Factors that Affect Integration Challenges of Integration Common Solution Implementations Channel Implementation Choices Messaging Channel Patterns Message Type Patterns Message Routing Patterns Message Transformation Patterns Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Service Invocation Business Process Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)

17. Building Business Processes
	Introduction Challenges in Process Implementation BPEL4WS (or just BPEL) Partnership Example: Buy-Sell Partnership Modeling Partnership in BPEL Variables Simple Activities Invoke Activity Structured Activities Building a Process in WebLogic Workshop Mapping BPEL to Workshop Process Development Tools Properties of a Process State Variables of a Process Designing the Start Node Synchronous and Asynchronous Process Designing the Start Node Client Request Node Client Response Node Perform Node Invoking a Service Data Transfer in a Process Switch Node Parallel Node Invoking the Process

18. Application Integration
	Introduction J2EE Connector Architecture (JCA) Overview of JCA The System Contract The Client API The Inconvenience of JCA Application View More on Application View Schema Execution of a Synchronous Service Execution of an Asynchronous Service Tasks Performed in Application Integration Console Watch Out! Create an Application View Adding a New Service Testing and Publishing Publishing Details Using an Application View From a Process

19. Introduction to WebLogic Portal
	Objectives The Problem Portals Solve What is a Portal Sample Portal Benefits of Portal Sites General Portal Architecture The Major Components of Horizontal Portals WebLogic Portal Portlet Portal Terminology Portal Applications Creating Portal Applications Converting Existing Applications to Portal Portal Layout Portal Structure Creating Portlets Look and Feel Elements of Look and Feel Summary Reference

20. Build and Deployment Process
	Basics Basic Build Process Changing the Deployment Descriptor Dealing With Web Services End Point Application Views WebLogic Administration Domain WebLogic Administration Server WebLogic Managed Server WebLogic Administration Console Auto Deployment Auto Deployment Intervals Manually Install an Application in WebLogic

WA1164 BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1: Rapid Application Development Training and Courseware Course Outline

1. Introduction to WebLogic Platform

2. Introduction to WebLogic Workshop

3. J2EE and WebLogic NetUI

4. Form Validation

5. Control Architecture

6. JavaServer Page (JSP) Basics

7. Workshop NetUI JSP Tags

8. Advanced Page Flow

9. Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) Overview

10. Developing EJBs in WebLogic Workshop

11. Introduction to Web Services

12. Developing Web Services in Workshop

13. XML Schema and XMLBeans

14. WebLogic Security

15. Transaction Management

16. Integration Patterns

17. Building Business Processes

18. Application Integration

19. Introduction to WebLogic Portal

20. Build and Deployment Process