After completing this course, the student should be able to:

• Understand J2EE-based web application architecture and development
• Understand application development in the IBM WebSphere Application Server environment
• Setup the WebSphere application development environment
• Develop WebSphere applications using WebSphere Studio Application Developer
• Deploy WebSphere applications

• Complete coverage of J2EE-based web applications. EJB, JSP, servlet, JMS, JavaMail, Web Services (SOAP, UDDI).
• Servlet and JSP programming with WebSphere Studio Application Developer.
• EJB programming with WebSphere Studio Application Developer.
• Introduction to JMS, JavaMail and Web Services (SOAP, UDDI).
• Debugging J2EE applications.

1. Overview of Web Applications


• J2EE-based web application architecture
• Application server functionality
• WebSphere platform introduction


2. WebSphere Application Development Environment


• Tools for application development
• Tools for application testing and deployment
• Understanding the basics of Websphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD)
• Setting up a new project in WSAD.


3. Servlet Programming - Basic


• Servlet overview
• HTTP Servlet API
• Servlet life cycle
• Example
• Developing servlets


4. JSP Scripting - Basic


• JSP overview
• JSP directives
• JSP expressions
• JSP scriptlets
• JSP declarations
• Examples
• Developing and testing JSP


5. Servlet Programming - Advanced


• Programming with the MVC model
• JDBC and database connection pooling
• Session tracking
• Integrating servlet and JSP
• Examples


6. JSP Scripting - Advanced


• Predefined variables
• Using JavaBeans with JSP
• Examples


7. Installing Web Modules inside WebSphere Application Server.


• Editing the J2EE deployment descriptor using WSAD and AAT.
• Architecture of WebSphere Application Server administration
• Using the WebSphere Administration Console to add enterprise applications


8. Enterprise JavaBeans Programming - Overview


• EJB fundamentals
• Overview of EJB container and EJB server responsibilities
• Overview of entity EJBs and session EJBs
• EJB deployment descriptor


9. Enterprise JavaBeans Programming - Session Bean


• Session bean contexts and lifecycle
• Writing stateless session beans
• Writing stateful beans
• Examples
• Creating session beans


10. Enterprise JavaBeans Programming - Entity Bean


• Entity bean contexts and lifecycle
• Writing container-managed entity beans
• Writing bean-managed entity beans
• Examples
• Creating entity beans


11. Enterprise JavaBeans Programming - Advanced


• Using session beans as the clients of entity beans
• Using servlets as EJB clients
• Using EJB access beans as EJB clients
• Using transaction
• EJB error handling
• Writing bean-managed entity beans
• Implementing finder logic


12. Deploying EJBs into WebSphere Application Server


• EJB deployment JAR file
• Exporting EAR files from WSAD
• Editing the EJB deployment descriptor
• Installing Enterprise Applications (EAR) into WebSphere Application Server AE V4.0