WA1235 Servlets and JSP Development on JBuilder X and Weblogic Training and Courseware Course Outline

WA1235 Servlets and JSP Development on JBuilder X and Weblogic 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 WebLogic Server and JBuilder
	The BEA WebLogic Platform WebLogic Portal WebLogic Integration WebLogic Workshop WebLogic Server What s new in WebLogic 8.1 Services provided by WebLogic Server WebLogic Administration tools JBuilder Application Server Support WebLogic Server WebLogic Server Component Containers & Application Services Tools for WebLogic Application Development Tool Usage JBuilder UML Browser UML Browser Package Dependency Diagram Combined Class Diagram JBuilder UML Browser(continued) JBuilder Features The JBuilder Environment JBuilder AppBrowser Working with JBuilder Projects Debugging in JBuilder Working with Source Code Compiling Projects Running Projects Debugging Projects JBuilder J2EE Development JBuilder Test Environment JBuilder Test Environment steps for test Configure WebLogic in JBuilder

3. Servlet Basics
	Objectives History CGI Server Extension APIs Java Servlet Servlet Container Servlet Responsibilities J2EE and Servlet The Servlet Class The HttpServlet Class An Example Hello World The Servlet Container The Servlet API Life Cycle Initialization Life Cycle Initialization Example Initialization Life Cycle Processing Life Cycle Processing Life Cycle Destroy User Input Example User Input Output to Client Servlet Error Handling Threading Issues Create a Project Associate The Project With A Server Create a new Web Application Create the servlet Code The Servlet Deployment Descriptor Test The Servlet Server Window Execution Results Debugging a Servlet Summary

4. 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 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 Scriptlets an Example JSP Comments JSP Predefined Variables The request Object The response Object The out Object Out an Example Creating a JSP in JBuilder Coding the JSP Running / Debugging the JSP JSP Output

5. Servlet Interaction Interface
	Objectives Request Request Parameters Request Attributes Request Headers Request Path Other Request Information Response Cookies Setting Cookies Servlet Context Servlet Context Attributes Resource Session Tracking Tracking Techniques Cookies Cookies an Example HTML Hidden Fields Using HttpSession Session Invalidation An Example of Session Tracking Code... An Example of Session Tracking Code An Example of Session Tracking Code An Example of Session Tracking Code An Example of Session Tracking Code An Example of Session Tracking Code An Example of Session Tracking Code HttpSession - URL Rewriting Summary

6. Servlet Programming Advanced
	Objectives Key Issues for Web Application Development Productivity Web Application Programming Model MVC Model View Controller What is JDBC? JDBC Architecture JDBC: Basic Steps Loading a Driver DB2 UDB JDBC Drivers Oracle JDBC Drivers Create a Connection Connection Statement PreparedStatement ResultSet ResultSet ResultSet Example JDBC Servlet With Transactions Close the Connection Need for Connection Pooling Connection Pooling in JDBC 2.0 Connection Pooling Basic Steps in Using JDBC Connection Pooling Access a DataSource Get a Connection Release Connections Connection Pool Example Resource References JavaBeans MVC Implementation Request Dispatching Request Dispatching - Forward vs. Include HTTP Redirection Dispatch vs. redirection Integrating Servlet and JSP Calling a JSP from a Servlet Request Dispatching - forward Request to JSP Supply Result information to the JSP A Simple Example Display JavaBean Properties in JSP Java Beans and JBuilder

7. Using Java Beans with JSP
	Objectives What is a JavaBean? Structure of a JavaBean Life Cycle Properties Very Simple Bean Using Java Beans in JSP The <jsp:useBean> tag Java Bean scope <jsp:useBean> in Action The <jsp:getProperty> tag The <jsp:setProperty> tag Mapping all the request parameters Another Example Mixing Scriptlets and Bean tags

8. Deploy Web Applications (Servlet and JSP) into WebLogic Server
	Objectives WebLogic Administration Domain WebLogic Administration Server WebLogic Managed Server WebLogic Administration Console WebLogic Server Deployments Format of Web Application Web Application Directory WEB-INFO Directory Files in JBuilder Building a WAR File Examine the Content of the .war file Sample web.xml file Auto Deployment Auto Deployment Intervals Web Application in WebLogic Manually Install Web Application in WebLogic Types of WebLogic Services Create a JDBC Connection Pool Create a JDBC DataSource Create a JMS Connection Factory Summary

9. Servlet Filters
	Objectives What is a filter? Why use a filter? Uses for Filtering Features of filters The Filter interface How a filter works In what order? A simple logging filter Configuring the filter Mapping the filter The Web Deployment Descriptor Common filter tasks Request and Response Wrappers

10. Servlet Event Listener
	What are Listeners Types of Listeners Writing a Servlet Context Listener Writing a Servlet Context Attribute Listener Writing a Session Activation Listener Writing a Session Attribute Listener Registering Listeners Lifecycle of Listeners

11. Struts Architecture and Overview
	Objectives Review: MVC Model Review: Request, Session and Application What is Struts? Struts Flow Components in Struts The Model The View The Controller Struts Flow struts-config.xml struts-config.xml Content The <data-sources> element in the struts-config.xml The <form-beans> element in the struts-config.xml The <global-forwards> element in the struts-config.xml The <action-mappings> element in the struts-config.xml Sample struts-config.xml The Role of web.xml for the Application Configuring Struts in the web.xml web.xml Content Steps to Configuring Struts in the web.xml Step 1. Configuring the Action Servlet Instance in the web.xml Action Servlet Config Example Step 2. Configuring the Action Servlet Mapping in web.xml Prefix Mapping Example Extension Mapping Example Step 3. Configuring the Struts Tag Libraries in the web.xml Sample web.xml Summary

12. Custom Tag Libraries
	Introduction Tag Attributes Tag Body Tag Library Descriptor Tag Library Descriptor Details carPrice.tld The Java Server Page Writing a Simple Tag Handler Class Tag Handler Life Cycle Rendering Content Implementing Empty Body Tag Example: CarPriceHandler CarPriceHandler carPrice.jsp Implementing a Tag With Unprocessed Body Handling Tag Bodies Implementing Body Processing Example: Body Tag Support Implementing an Iteration Tag Nested Tags Summary

13. 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 EJB Container - Relationships EJB Container Relationships Remote v. Local EJBs EJB Application Development Deploying Enterprise Beans Major Components of Deployed EJBs Summary

14. Session Bean
	Objectives Session Beans Stateless Session Bean Stateful Session Bean Components of Session Beans Home Interfaces Remote interface Local interface The Session Bean Class ejbCreate() Method Business Methods A Simple Stateless Session Bean Example A Simple Stateful Session Bean Example Session Context EJB Context EJB Context Session Bean Lifecycle Lifecycle - Stateless Lifecycle - Stateful Lifecycle Stateful Lifecycle - Stateful Concurrency Issues Invoking Session Beans from client Application Looking Up a Home Object Create an EJB Object Calling business methods JBuilder for EJB Development Developing a Session Bean using JBuilder EJB Project in JBuilder Create an EJB Project Create an EJB Module Examine the EJB Module Create a Session Bean Code methods Promote methods to interfaces Deploying EJBs EJB Deployment Descriptor Generating Deployed Code Deploy the bean Testing the Bean Creating a Test Client Code the Test Client Run the Test Client "Exporting" the JAR

Appendix A. Building an Application with ANT
	What is Ant? Ant details Installing Ant build.xml Ant build file How to run Ant? Understand build.xml Understand build.xml (continued) Ant Tasks Advanced Task Ant Folders Summary

Appendix B. JNDI and WebLogic Naming Service
	What Is JNDI? Benefits of JNDI Naming Services Directory Services Using JNDI Obtain the InitialContext Context Operations Naming Exceptions Cluster Wide JNDI Service How WebLogic Server Creates the Cluster-Wide JNDI Tree Using Clustered JNDI How JNDI Naming Conflicts Occur Deploy Homogenously

WA1235 Servlets and JSP Development on JBuilder X and Weblogic Training and Courseware Course Outline

1. Overview of Web Applications

2. Introduction to WebLogic Server and JBuilder

3. Servlet Basics

4. JavaServer Page (JSP) Basics

5. Servlet Interaction Interface

6. Servlet Programming Advanced

7. Using Java Beans with JSP

8. Deploy Web Applications (Servlet and JSP) into WebLogic Server

9. Servlet Filters

10. Servlet Event Listener

11. Struts Architecture and Overview

12. Custom Tag Libraries

13. Enterprise JavaBean (EJB) Overview

14. Session Bean

Appendix A. Building an Application with ANT

Appendix B. JNDI and WebLogic Naming Service