Servlets & JSP Development with WebSphere Studio Application Developer v5.1.1

Learn to develop and test server-side applications based on the Java 2 platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) component model using the IBM WebSphere software platform of products and tools. Develop and test server-side applications that use servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSPs) for the control and flow of e-business applications.

WebSphere Training Audience

Java programmers who build server-side web applications interested in leveraging WSAD v5.1 to streamline their development cycle.

WebSphere Training Prerequisites

You should understand essential concepts of Object-Oriented Programming and be able to write simple Java programs with assistance.

WebSphere Training Learning Objectives

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

Use WSAD v5.1 as an truly integrated development environment
Build servlets according to the current Servlet 2.3 specification
Build JSPs according to the current JSP 1.2 specification
Build custom JSP tag libraries
Integrate servlets and JSPs into a complete J2EE application
Test servlets and JSPs using the WebSphere Test Environment
Deploy a J2EE application to WebSphere Application Server

WebSphere Training Course duration

5 Days

WebSphere Training Topics

Develop and test servlets
Develop and test JavaServer Pages (JSPs)
Develop and test J2EE applications following the Model/View/Controller architecture
Integrate business logic using Java Beans and Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
Apply best practices to servlet and JSP development

WebSphere Training Course outline

Introduction

WebSphere Studio Site Developer
WebSphere Studio Application Developer
Major differences with Visual Age for Java

Introduction to J2EE and WebSphere v5.1

J2EE-based Web application architecture
Application server functionality
WebSphere platform introduction

J2EE Programming Using IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer WSAD v5.1

Perspectives and views
WSAD J2EE development
WSAD project concepts
EJB project
Web project
The WebSphere Test Environment in WSAD

Servlets - Basic

Servlet overview
HTTP Servlet API
Servlet life cycle
Example
Developing servlets
Create a Web project in WSAD
Code, test and debug a servlet

Servlet interaction interface

Request
Response
ServletContext
Servlet session tracking

JSPs

JSP overview
JSP directives
JSP expressions
JSP scriptlets
JSP declarations
Examples
Developing and testing JSP
JavaServer Pages in WSAD
Editing JSP
Predefined variables
Examples
JSP page design in WSAD
JSP testing in WSAD
JSP debugging in WSAD

Using Java Beans in a JSP

Objectives
What is a JavaBean?
Structure of a JavaBean
Life cycle
Properties
A very simple bean
Using JavaBeans in JSP
The <jsp:useBean> tag
The <jsp:useBean> Scope
The <jsp:useBean> in Action
The <jsp:getProperty> tag
The <jsp:setProperty> tag
Another example
Mixing scriplets and bean tags

JSP Programming Techniques

Form input validation
Session management
Error handling
Cookies

Servlet Programming - Advanced

Programming with the MVC model
JDBC and database connection pooling
Session tracking
Integrating servlet and JSP
Examples
DB2 UDB JDBC drivers in WSAD
Create a JavaBean with WSAD
Add attributes and getters and setters with WSAD

Web Applications and the MVC Pattern

1/2/3/N - Tier Architecture
Presentation Layer
Middle Tier
Model View Controller Pattern
XML

Filters

Concepts
The Filter API
A simple filter
Configuring filters
Mapping filters to web resources
Request and Response wrappers
Creating filters with WSAD

Assembling Web applications with the WebSphere Application Assembly Tool

J2EE application assembling modules
Assembling Web applications with the WebSphere Application Assembly Tool
Installing Web applications in WebSphere Application Server

Installing Web Modules inside WebSphere Application Server

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

Custom Tag Libraries

Using a Custom Tag Library
Creating a Custom Tag Library
Sample Custom Tag Library Components
Packaging and Installation
Advanced: Handling Tag Bodies

Introduction to Struts

Struts as an MVC Application Framework
What Struts Provides
Integrating Your Model
Describing Your Controller
Implementing Your View
The Struts Configuration File
Packaging a Struts-based Application

JSTL

Objectives
The future of Struts Tags
JSTL - What does it provide?
JSTL actions
- Core JSTL tags
- Formatting tags
- Database tags
- XML tags
JSTL Expression Language
JSTL Implicit Objects

EJB Overview

Needs for EJB
Distributed computing
Distributed transaction
Distributed security
What are EJBs ?
Main characteristics of EJBs
Foundational technologies of EJBs
EJB architecture components
EJB client
EJB JAR file
EJB server
EJB container
Enterprise JavaBeans
Session beans
Entity beans
EJB classes and interfaces
Basic components of entity and session beans
EJB home interface
An EJB home interface example
EJB home object
EJB remote interfaces
Remote interface example
EJB objects
EJB implementation class
Deployment descriptors
How do EJBs work
EJB container services
EJB application development
Deploying enterprise beans
Major components of deployed EJBs
WebSphere EJB server architecture overview
WebSphere EJB server environment

Appendix A - Tag Handlers

Tag handler lifecycle
Processing the tag
Writing output
taglib element in the DTD
tag element in the DTD
Using pagecontext
Exception handling

Appendix B - Advanced Tag Library Features

Including tag body
Manipulating tag body
Repeating tag body
Accessing parents

Practical Work

Students will have the opportunity to build a simple Java program, servlets and JSPs using WSAD v5.1. Students will also deploy a J2EE application into WebSphere Application Server v5.

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