This course will integrate a combination of instructor-led discussions and interactive workshops to demonstrate the usage of J2EE v1.4 abilities and development capabilities of RAD v6.0. This seminar will focus on the transition of experienced developers to RAD v6.0 for the building of Java Servlets, JSPs, JavaServer Faces, EJB v2.1, use of UML diagrams, the role of Service Data Objects in EIS development, debugger and JUnit integration, business logic using Enterprise Generation Language, developing portals and portlets and the use of Web Services.

Prerequisites

Each student should have a basic understanding of the internet and have been exposed to the Java programming language

Class Format

Lecture and Lab

Audience

Java developers, web page designers and other professionals that will be designing, developing and implementing large scale applications using JSPs, JSFs, servlets, EJBs, portals Service Data Objects (SDOs) using Rational Application Developer v6.0.

Learning Objectives

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

• Understand the role of the RAD v6.0 IDE tool
• Explain the role of RAD projects and perspectives
• Demonstrate the usage of RAD wizards for rapidly developing components, projects and servers
• Illustrate the J2EE 1.4 component model and role in designing server-side applications
• Develop, debug and test servlet and JSP components and integrate JUnit testing component
• Illustrate the development of Service Data Objects (SDO) for accessing data fields and linking them to the interface.
• Depict the role of JavaServer Faces for building web pages by assembling reusable components
• Understand the use of Enterprise Generation Language (EGL) for building 4GL style processing
• Demonstrate the development of portal applications and the creation of portlets
• Illustrate UML visualization in RAD v6.0
• Illustrate RAD v6.0 EAR, WAR and JAR packaging
• Deploy applications to the embedded WebSphere Application Server