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Fast Track to Servlets/JSP on the JBoss Application Server Training in Paso Robles, California

This course is a comprehensive tutorial in the design and programming of Java Web applications using servlets and JSP.

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What you'll learn

This course is a comprehensive tutorial in the design and programming of Java Web applications using servlets and JSP. It starts with Web application architecture, usage, and deployment. It teaches about the capabilities of servlets, servlet architecture, and session management, JSP structure and syntax, and good design techniques for using them. Extensive coverage is included on how to efficiently use the JSP Expression Language (EL), custom tags, and the JSTL library. The course is current with the latest releases of the specification, and uses the latest capabilities to write Web applications in the most efficient way possible. This includes the use of the JSP Expression Language directly in JSP 2.0+ Web pages, an overview of creating custom tags with tag files, and other new capabilities that make the framework much more user friendly. The complete course will give you excellent experience on how to build robust and capable Web applications using the latest features of the Java EE Web container.

Prerequisites

Experience programming in Java.

Course Outline

Web Application Basics

How the Web works, Thin Clients, TCP/IP

HTTP overview, Brief HTML review

Overview of J2EE

Web Applications - Structure and Contents

Servlet Basics and Capabilities

Basics of Writing a Servlet

Labs:

Setup development environment and server; Create a simple web application

Create a Simple Servlet

Setting up and running JBoss AS

Servlet API

HTML Forms Review

HTTP Review: Request-response, headers, GET, POST

Overview: How Servlets Work

Servlet Lifecycle: init(), service(), destroy()

API: Servlet, ServletConfig, ServletRequest, ServletResponse, GenericServlet,

Requests and Responses - Using ServletRequest and ServletResponse

HTTP Servlets: HttpServlet, HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse

Accessing Parameters

More About web.xml

Labs:

Using Client Input, Retrieving parameters

Additional Servlet Capabilities

Working with HttpServletResponse

Status/Errors

Response Headers

MIME Types

Initialization

Overview

Using ServletConfig and ServletContext

Init Parameters - Servlet and Web App

Error Handling: Error Pages and Their Configuration

Labs:

Using Model Classes, Generating Simple Output

JavaServer Pages

Basics and Overview

JSP architecture

JSP tags and JSP expressions

Fixed Template Data

Lifecycle of a JSP

Model View Controller (MVC)

Overview

Java EE Model 2 Architecture : Servlet Controllers, JSP Views, JavaBeans Glue

Servlets as Controllers

Using RequestDispatcher

Forwarding and Including

Data Sharing in a Web App

Object scopes or "buckets"

Using JavaBeans to Hold Data

Using the Scope Objects - get/set/remove Attributes

Request, application, session and page scope

JSP Expression Language (EL) and Data Access

JSP EL Overview

JavaBeans and the EL

Predefined JSP EL implicit objects (pageContext, param, header, scope objects)

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jsp:include, jsp:forward, the page Directive

Labs:

Create a Simple JSP Page

Put Data on a Scope and Forward to a JSP

Use the JSP Expression Language

Using Custom Tags

Custom tags overview

Reducing JSP complexity

Tag Libraries

Overview and TLD (Tag Library Descriptor)

taglib Directive - Using a Tag Library

JSTL

Overview

c:out, c:forEach

c:url, c:param

Labs:

Use c:forEach for Iteration

Working with Links and c:url

HTTP Session Tracking

HTTP Session Overview

HTTP as a stateless protocol

Hidden form fields

Overview and Servlet API

Using Cookies, Persistent and Session Cookies

Issues

Sessions

Servlet/JSP Session Support, HttpSession

Using Sessions - Putting Data in, Retrieving Data From

How Sessions Work

Labs:

Storing and Using Session Data

More JSP Capabilities

Error Pages

Error Pages and Exception Handling

The implicit exception Object

JSP 2.0+ Error Handling and errorData Object

Directives (page, include, others)

JSPs as XML Documents

Scriptlets - Overview and Usage

Labs:

Using Error Pages

{optional} Using Scriptlets

More JSTL and EL

More About the JSTL

Core, Formatting, SQL, XML, Functions Libraries

Custom Tag Architecture and Tag Library Structure

c:if, c:choose, c:import

Formatting: formatNumber, formatDate, Resource Bundles

Using Common Tags

XML Action Example

More About the JSP EL

Syntax, Identifiers, Literals, Operators

Implicit Objects

The pageContext in Detail

Type Coercion

String concatenation

Using Common Tags

c:if, c:choose

c:set

fmt:formatDate, fmt:formatNumber

Labs:

Using c:if, c:choose, c:when and c:otherwise to customize output

[Optional]: Using the Function Library

JSTL Format Tags

Security

J2EE Security Overview

Role Based Security

Declarative Security

Web Authentication - Basic, Form-Based, Digest, HTTPS Client

Using Basic Authentication

Using Form-Based Authentication

Programmatic Security - HttpServletRequest, Retrieving Roles

Labs:

Securing a Web App, Setting Up and Using a Security Domain

Additional Topics

Design Issues

Dividing Responsibilities Between Servlets/JSP

Network Overhead

Scalaibility - Clustering, Serving Static Content

Other Guidelines - Using the Technology Well

Custom Tags Using Tag Files

Overview and Writing Tag Files

Tag Attributes

The tag Directive

Servlet Filter overview

Filtering examples, lifecycle, & filter chains

Filter API, Modifying a request, Modifying a response

Java ServerFaces (JSF) Overview

Advanced MVC – JSF overview

JSF Components

Process Flow

Advantages and Disadvantages

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