WA1610 Introduction to Struts 1.2 using RAD 7 Training and Courseware

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This course introduces the students to Jakarta Struts 1.2. During the course, students will learn to design and develop Struts based applications using Rational Application Developer (RAD) 7. Many real life, hands-on exercises are used to teach various concepts of Struts.

Topics
	Struts Architecture and Overview Struts Project Configuration Struts Programming Struts Tag Libraries JSP Expression Language and JSTL Tag Libraries Advanced Features, such as DynaActionForm Struts Techniques, such as multi-page flows Validator Framework Database Programming Tiles

What you will learn
	After completing this course, the student should be able to: Understand and explain the Jakarta Struts framework Design and build Struts-based applications

Audience
	This course is intended for programmers and designers who want to design and develop applications using the Jakarta Struts Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework.

Prerequisites
	A good understanding of HTML. A good understanding of object-oriented programming using Java. Experience with JSPs and Servlets, with some understanding of JavaBeans.

Duration
	Three days.

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 Form 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:select> <html:options> Bean Tags <bean:define> <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
	Objectives JSP Expression Language (EL) Basic Usage Built-in Objects Working With Arrays and Maps Operators Full Example JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL 1.1) 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 Summary

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 Dreamweaver 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

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