Java EE (Part 1) - Web Applications

Structure of the Module

JDBC - Java Database Connectivity

• Connection to Oracle using different types of drivers
• Using Statement and PreparedStatement
• Working with ResultSet and ResultSetMetaData
•  Scrollable and updatable ResultSet
• Calling stored procedures using CallableStatement
•  Understanding relationship between JDBC API and drivers
• Transaction management
• Batch update
• Pros and cons of different types of drivers
•  Using Connection pools and data sources

XML

• How to create XML documents
•  Understanding different types of parsers – DOM & SAX
•  What is JAXP Using DOM to read data from XML document
•  Modifying XML document
• Using SAX to read data from XML document
• Using DTD and Schema to validate xml document

Java Beans

• Understanding JavaBeans specifications
• Introspection and properties

HTML & Java Script

• Understanding HTML tags
• Creating HTML forms
• Working with Cascading style sheet
• Understanding JavaScript objects – window, document etc.
• Using JavaScript to validate user input

Java Servlets

• Understanding server-side scripting
• Understanding web application structure
• Creating a Servlet and calling it
• Understanding tags web.xml
• Understanding HTTP methods – doGet(), doPost()
• Life cycle of servlet and init parameters
• Creating and using Cookies
• Creating and using Http sessions
• Working with headers
• Request dispatching
• Working with Listeners
• Using filters

JSP (Java Server Pages)

• Structure of Java server page
• JSP containing code and form
• Using implicit objects in JSP
• Using JavaBeans with JSP
• Accessing database from JSP
• Working with expression language
• Creating simple custom tags
• Understanding .tld files
• Custom tags with attributes and body
• Communication between custom tags and jsp
  

Web Security

• Authentication and authorization
• Implementing security using tags in web.xml
• Authentication types
  

AJAX & JQUERY

• What is AJAX
• Using XMLHttpRequest object to make request
• Servlet/JSP sending XML & JSON
• Using JavaScript to process XML DOM and JSON
• Using JQuery to make AJAX request

JSTL (Java Server Pages Tag Library)

• Understanding JSTL tags
• Working with core and formatting tags
• Working with sql and xml tags
• Working with JSTL functions
  

JSF (Java Server Faces)

• Understanding Front-controller design pattern
• Creating user interface using JSF UI elements
• Defining page navigation using faces-config.xml
• Working with Managed/Backing beans
• Validating and converting user input
• Working with events and listeners
• Working with internationalization
  
• Using dataTable

Struts 1.3

• What is MVC design pattern
• Understanding controller in Struts and configuring it
• Creating user interface with struts UI elements
• Creating ActionForms and Action classes
• Validating user input with validation framework
• Working with Dyna ActionForms
• Resource file and internationalization
• Working with ActionDispatch
• Working with Tiles

Struts 2.1

• Understanding architecture of Struts 2
• Building view and actions
• Validation framework
• Actions with annotations

Java Mail

• Understanding mail server – SMPT, POP3 and IMAP
• Understanding mail agents like Outlook express
• Using JavaMail API to send mail
• Sending mail with HTML as body
• Sending mail with attachments
• Connecting to POP3 and reading mails
• Connection to mail server with authentication

What's new in Java EE 6.0

• Annotation based Java Servlets, Listeners and Filters - @WebServlet, @WebFilter and @WebListener
• Annotation based JSF Managed beans - @ManagedBean and @ManagedProperty
• Using Facelets as view technology for JSF
• Bean validation

Project

• How to understand a requirement and design solution
• Creating a web application for the requirements
• Understanding deploying options