Developing Rich Web Applications with Spring 2.5 Using RAD 7.0

This training course teaches the various technologies that can be used with Spring web applications. Spring support for various database technologies, including Hibernate is also covered. Several web application frameworks and how they integrate with Spring are covered including Spring MVC, Spring Web Flow, and Spring-JSF integration. Other requirements of web applications like using the Tiles template technology or adding dynamic PDF or [..]

Introduction Course Outline

Topics
	Introduction to Hibernate Hibernate and Database Support in Spring Spring MVC Introduction to Spring Web Flow Using JSF with Spring Introduction to AJAX Using AJAX with Spring

What you will learn
	After completing this AJAX training course, the student should be able to: Build rich Spring applications with various web frameworks and AJAX/JSF integration

Audience
	Software Developer, Designer, Architect

Prerequisites
	Servlet/JSP Programming

Duration
	3 days.

Lab Setup Guide

Outline for Developing Rich Web Applications with Spring 2.5 Using RAD 7.0

1. Introduction to Hibernate
	Topics What is Hibernate? Relational Database Technology Accessing Relational Databases from Java Domain Models Comparing Object and Relational Models Identity Modeling Granularity of Objects and Tables Association Modeling Navigation Inheritance What is Object/Relational Mapping? Advantages of using an ORM Tool Architecture of Hibernate Hibernate API Extension Interfaces Hibernate Configuration Hibernate Mappings Hibernate Properties Hibernate XML Configuration Files Non-Managed and Managed Environments Configuration in a Non-Managed Environment Configuration in a Managed Environment Binding SessionFactory to JNDI A Simple Example Alternatives to Hibernate EJB Entity Beans Java Persistence API Hand-Coded Persistence Using JDBC Object-Oriented Databases Other ORM Tools

2. Database Integration and Transaction Management
	Topics DAO Support in Spring DataAccessException Using DataSources DAO Templates DAO Templates and Callbacks Using Spring with JDBC Writing Data with JdbcTemplate Reading Data with JdbcTemplate Reading Single-Row Scalar Data Spring 2.5 NamedParameterJdbcTemplate ORM Tool Support in Spring Hibernate Hibernate Session Factory Spring LocalSessionFactoryBean Spring HibernateTemplate Spring HibernateCallback HibernateTemplate Convenience Methods LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean Spring JpaTemplate Spring JpaCallback JpaTemplate Convenience Features Transactions Transaction Management in Spring Spring Transaction Managers Programmatic Transactions

3. Spring MVC
	Topics Spring MVC Spring MVC Components DispatcherServlet Context Loaders Spring MVC Example Mapping Web Requests BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping CommonsPathMapHandlerMapping Using Multiple Handler Mappings Controller Hierarchy AbstractCommandController SimpleFormController AbstractWizardFormController MultiActionController ThrowawayController View Resolution InternalResourceViewResolver BeanNameViewResolver XmlViewResolver ResourceBundleViewResolver Using Multiple View Resolvers Binding Views to Models Spring 2.5 Form Tags form and input Tags password and hidden Tags checkbox Tag radiobutton Tag textarea Tag select Tag option Tag options Tag errors Tag Portlets Spring 2.5 Portlet MVC Framework

4. Web Application Alternatives
	Topics Velocity Templates Configuring Velocity in Spring Velocity View Resolution Using Velocity Utility Tools Accessing Session/Request Attributes in Velocity Binding Velocity Views to the Model FreeMarker Configuring FreeMarker in Spring FreeMarker View Resolution Accessing Session/Request Attributes in FreeMarker Binding FreeMarker Views to the Model Jakarta Tiles Configuring Tiles in Spring Tiles View Resolution Tiles Component Controller Creating Excel Spreadsheets Creating PDF Documents Creating Other Non-HTML Documents Jakarta Struts Using Spring with Struts Configuring Spring in Struts Spring-Aware Struts Actions Delegate Requests to Struts Action Beans DelegatingRequestProcessor

5. Introduction to Spring Web Flow 2
	Objectives What is Spring Web Flow 2? Relationship to Spring and Spring MVC Spring Web Flow 2 Modules Integration Support What is a Flow? Book Hotel Flow Example Book Hotel Flow Definition Benefits of Spring Web Flow 2 Required Software Configuration Steps JAR File Instructions Configure web.xml Spring Web Flow Components Sample Spring Web Flow Configuration File Summary

6. Defining Flows
	Objectives Recap: What is a Flow? Recap: Book Hotel Flow Example Flow Definition Language Skeletal Flow Definition States View State Transitions Generating Events Generating Events using Submit Button Generating Events using Links End States Actions When do Actions Occur? Putting it all Together Introduction to Unified Expression Language Unified Expression Language Functionality Unified Expression Language Implicit Variables Flow Instances Flow Variables Variable Scopes Assigning and Accessing Variables Flow Input Binding a View to a Model Summary

7. Using JSF with Spring
	Objectives JSF Integration Options DelegatingVariableResolver SpringBeanVariableResolver SpringBeanFacesELResolver Spring Bean Scopes FacesContextUtils JSF with Spring Web Flow

8. Introduction to AJAX
	Objectives What is AJAX? A Simple Example The Old Way The AJAX Way Two Key Aspects of AJAX What are the Advantages of the AJAX Approach? AJAX Technologies The Basic AJAX API Creating the XMLHttpRequest Object The XMLHttpRequest Object Basics Complete Example The Timeline Review Questions Review Answers

9. Using JavaScript with Spring
	Objectives Spring JavaScript Relationship to Dojo Serving JavaScript Resources Including Spring JavaScript Spring JavaScript Decorations Dijit ValidationTextBox Decoration Spring ValidateAllDecoration Handling Ajax Requests with Spring MVC Handling Ajax Requests with Spring Web Flow Summary

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What you will learn

Audience

Prerequisites

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Outline for Developing Rich Web Applications with Spring 2.5 Using RAD 7.0

1. Introduction to Hibernate

2. Database Integration and Transaction Management

3. Spring MVC

4. Web Application Alternatives

5. Introduction to Spring Web Flow 2

6. Defining Flows

7. Using JSF with Spring

8. Introduction to AJAX

9. Using JavaScript with Spring