Fast Track to Java EE 5 with Servlets, JSP & JDBC on Tomcat/Eclipse Training in Goose Creek, South Carolina

1. Java EE Introduction
Java EE Overview
Java EE Technologies
Java EE Architecture
MVC

2. 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

3. Servlet API
HTML Forms Review
HTTP Review: Request-response,
headers, GET, POST
Overview: How Servlets Work

4. Additional Servlet Capabilities
Working w/ HttpServletResponse
Initialization
Error Handling: Error Pages and
Their Configuration

5. JavaServer Pages
Basics and Overview
Model View Controller (MVC)
Servlets as Controllers
Data Sharing in a Web App
JSP Expression Language (EL)
and Data Access
jsp:include, jsp:forward, the page Directive

6. Using Custom Tags
Custom tags overview
Reducing JSP complexity
Tag Libraries
JSTL

7. HTTP Session Tracking
HTTP Session Overview
HTTP as a stateless protocol
Hidden form fields
Cookies
Sessions

8. More JSP Capabilities
Error Pages
JSPs as XML Documents
Scriptlets – Overview and Usage

9. More JSTL and EL
More about JSTL
Core, Formatting, SQL, XML, Functions
Libraries
Custom Tag Architecture and Tag
Library Structure
More about JSTL
More about the JSP EL
Formatting: formatNumber, formatDate,
Resource Bundles
Using Common Tags

10. 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

11. Additional Topics
Design Issues
Custom Tags Using Tag Files
Servlet Filter Overview
Java ServerFaces (JSF) Overview

12. JDBC Introduction
Relational Database and JDBC
Overview
JDBC Architecture, JDBC API
Overview
Connecting to a database
DataBaseMetaData

13. Data Access with JDBC
DAO – Data Access Objects, O-R Mapping, Value Objects
Processing Database Data
JDBC Driver Types

14. Advanced Topics
Java Persistence API Overview
Advanced JDBC Features
Batch Updates, Scrollable Result
Sets, Row sets, User
Defined Types, BLOBS,
CLOBS

15. Java EE Database Integration
Environment Naming Context
(ENC) and Resource
Injection
JNDI Overview and the ENC
Connecting servlets to a database
via DataSource
Connection Pooling

16. Additional Topics
EJB Overview
High-level EJB architecture
Roles within EJB
Client view of a session bean
JNDI (Java Naming and
Directory Interface)
Remote and Home Interfaces
Writing an EJB client
XML and Web Services
Overview
Design Considerations: Web
Design, System
Architecture, Scalability,
Clustering