Chapter 1 - Overview of Java

• History Of Java
• Benefits Of Java
• What Is Java?
• What's This "Virtual Machine"?
• Comparison to Other Languages
• Java Programs
• Basic Java Development Tools
• Java Editions
• Example – HelloWorld
• Java Classes
• Main Methods
• Statements
• Summary

Chapter 2 - IDEs for Java

• What is an IDE?
• Eclipse Platform
• Eclipse Versions
• Eclipse Workspace
• Perspectives, Views & Editors
• Basic Operations with Eclipse Views and Perspectives
• The Java Perspective
• The Debug Perspective
• Navigator View
• Package Explorer
• Outline View
• Problems/Markers View
• Eclipse Preferences
• Build and Validation
• Code Completion, Templates and Snippets
• Eclipse Web Tools Platform (WTP)
• Eclipse-based IDEs
• Common Eclipse Additions
• MyEclipse
• NetBeans
• IntelliJ IDEA
• Choosing an IDE
• Summary

Chapter 3 - Basic Object Concepts

• What Is An Object?
• State
• Behavior
• Encapsulation
• Encapsulation Examples
• Classes vs. Objects
• Inheritance
• Interfaces
• Polymorphism
• Benefits Of Objects
• Summary

Chapter 4 - JUnit

• What is JUnit?
• Why JUnit?
• The xUnit Philosophy
• Test-Driven Design
• A JUnit Test
• Running the Tests
• Swing-based Test Runner
• Text-based Test Runner
• JUnit Basics
• assertTrue
• assertEquals
• assertSame
• assertNull
• The Failure Message
• The Test Class
• The Test Method
• The Test Suite
• JUnit with Annotations
• JUnit 4 Test Suite
• JUnit Design
• Testing Strategies
• Specific Techniques
• Testing Simple Java classes
• Testing with Databases
• Testing Web Applications
• Testing Java EE Web Applications
• JUnit with Ant
• Summary

Chapter 5 - Overview of Java EE 6

• Java Platforms
• Community Innovation
• A Whole New Java EE Platform
• The Java EE Specifications
• Major Java EE Technologies
• Java EE Application Packaging
• Java Web Applications
• Java Persistence
• Java EE Business Components
• Dependency Injection
• Java Web Services
• Java EE Application Architecture
• Java EE Architecture Example
• Summary

Chapter 6 - JSF and Struts

• MVC Model
• Problems With "Traditional" Web Applications
• What is Struts?
• How is Struts Better?
• Components in Struts
• The Model
• The View
• The Controller
• Struts Flow
• Struts 2.x
• Introduction to JSF
• How is JSF Better?
• How Does JSF Work?
• Request Processing Lifecycle Phases
• Sequence Diagram
• JSF vs. Struts
• JSF 2.0
• Future of JSF and Struts

Chapter 7 - Overview of Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB)

• What are EJBs?
• Distributed Transaction
• Distributed Security
• Distributed Computing
• Main Characteristics of EJBs
• EJB Container
• EJB Client
• Annotations
• Enterprise JavaBeans
• Session Beans
• Message-Driven Beans (MDBs)
• Asynchronous Session EJBs
• EJB Timers
• EJB Lite
• EJB Packaging
• EJBs are Simple!
• Summary

Chapter 8 - Overview of Java Persistence API

• Data Persistence
• Java Persistence API 2.0
• Entities
• Session EJB vs JPA Entities
• Entities
• Persisting and Retrieving Data
• Accessing Entities
• EntityManager & Persistence Unit
• Persistence Context
• Entities - Example
• persistence.xml – Hibernate Provider
• persistence.xml – Open JPA Provider
• persistence.xml - Toplink
• Entity Instance Lifecycle
• Creating EntityManager in Session EJB
• Creating EntityManager in a Plain Java Class
• Working With the EntityManager Interface
• Transaction Basics
• Summary

Chapter 9 - Introduction to the Spring Framework

• What is the Spring Framework?
• Spring Philosophies
• Why Spring?
• Spring Modules
• Requirements and Supported Environments
• Using Spring with Servers
• Role of Spring Container
• Spring Example
• Avoiding Dependency on Spring
• Additional Spring Projects/Frameworks
• Summary

Chapter 10 - Getting Started with XML

• Unstructured Text Document
• An Employee Document
• What is XML ?
• Why Study XML?
• Data and Document Structure
• Elements
• First XML
• Another Example of XML
• Well-formed vs. Valid XML Document
• Presentation Style
• Goals of XML
• Usage of XML
• Summary

Chapter 11 - Overview of Java Web Services

• A Conceptual Look at Services
• Defining Services
• Benefits of Web Services
• Many Flavors of Services
• Java Web Service Implementation Choices
• Future of JAX-RPC
• Java SOAP Web Services with JAX-WS
• Java REST Web Services with JAX-RS
• REST vs SOAP Summary
• Java and XML with JAXB
• Java Web Service Clients
• Summary

Chapter 12 - SOA Fundamentals

• Defining Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
• Putting SOA in Context
• SOA As an Alignment Strategy
• The SOA Umbrella
• What’s a Service?
• Service Actors
• Serving Up SOA
• Business Process Management
• BPM & Workflow
• SOA Governance
• SOA Governance Model
• SOA Job Role Impact
• Before SOA
• SOA Re-Organization
• What Makes a Good Design?
• Is SOA a New Concept?
• Service Orienting the Enterprise
• Service Oriented Thinking
• SOA Is Perfect…NOT!
• Service Characteristics
• When Do I Need a Service?
• About Services in SOA
• Contract-Driven Software
• SOA Standards
• Summary

Chapter 13 - Introduction to Web 2.0

• Web 2.0 – Should I upgrade?
• What is Web 2.0?
• What Web 2.0 is Not
• Understanding By Analogy
• Three Key Elements
• Web 2.0 Innovations - UI
• Web 2.0 Innovations – Collaboration
• Web 2.0 Innovations – Data
• Hard Data on Web 2.0 Adoption
• Summary

Appendix A - Basic Java Syntax

• Declaring And Initializing Variables
• Keywords
• Coding Tips – Variables
• Primitive Data Types
• Logical - boolean
• Textual - char and String
• Integral - byte, short, int, long
• Floating Point - float and double
• Java 7 – Changes in Numeric Literals
• Strings
• Creating Strings
• White Space
• Comments
• Coding Tips - Comments
• Java Statements
• Coding Tips - Statements
• Scope of a Variable
• System.out/System.in
• Scanner Class
• Summary