Java Training Overview
This course introduces the students to Jakarta Struts 1.2. During the course, students will learn to design and develop Struts based applications. Many real life hands on exercises are used to teach various concepts of Struts.
Java Training Audience
This course is intended for programmers and designers who want to design and develop applications using the Jakarta Struts Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework. Prerequisites
Java Training Prerequisites
- A good understanding of HTML.
- A good understanding of object-oriented programming using Java.
- Experience with JSPs and servlets with some understanding of JavaBeans.
Java Training Learning Objectives
After completing this course, the student should be able to:
- Understand and explain the Jakarta Struts framework
- Design and build Struts based applications
Java Training Topics
- Struts Architecture and Overview
- A Simple Struts Application
- Struts Development Cycle
- Struts Tag Libraries
- JSTL tag libraries
- Miscellaneous Advanced Features such as Validators and DynaActionForm
- Database Programming
- Templates and Tiles
Java Training Course duration
Three Days
Java Training Course outline
1. Overview of Web Applications
- Objectives
- Tiered Software Architecture
- Tiered Runtime Environment
- Tiered Architectures
- Presentation Layer
- Web Presentation Layer
- Business Logic Tier
- Tier Integration
- Java Web Applications
- Java Web Application Architecture
- J2EE Architecture
- Web Application Programming Model - MVC
- Model View Controller
- A Scenario of Using MVC
2. Introduction to Struts
- Objectives
- What is Struts?
- Why Struts?
- Struts Components
- The Controller Layer
- The View Layer
- The Form Bean
- A Simple Action
- Struts Configuration
- Define HelloAction
- Invoking HelloAction
- Finding Information About Struts
3. Struts Project Configuration
- Introduction
- Creating a Project
- Downloading Struts Distribution
- Struts Files
- The web.xml File
- Struts Configuration Basics
- Creating Sub-modules
- Implications of Sub-modules
- Advanced Sub-module Issues
4. Basic Struts Programming
- The Action Class
- Action Life Cycle
- The ActionServlet Class
- The execute() Method
- Registering an Action
- The ActionMapping Class
- Accessing User Input
- Form Bean
- Registering Form Bean
- Form Bean Life Cycle
- HTML Form Example
- Accessing User Input
- Bean Scope
- Invoking Business Logic
- Passing Data to Model
- Using Separate DTO Classes
- Controlling Page Flow
- Redirecting the Browser
5. Basic View Development
- Basic Form Validation
- From Validation Pattern
- Validation Logic
- Validation Failure Scenario
- Example validate() Method
- Configure Validation
- Error Messages
- Show Error Messages
- Pre-fill Form Fields
- Basic Steps in Pre-filling
- Example Form
- Form Render Scenario
- Pre-filling After Form Validation Error
- Pre-filling an Editor Form
- Example Form Display Action
- Basic Input Fields
6. Struts Tag Libraries
- Struts Tag Libraries
- Commonality among the Struts Tags
- HTML Tags
- <html:form>
- <html:submit>
- <html:text>
- <html:password>
- <html:link>
- <html:errors>
- <html:messages>
- <html:messages>
- <html:multibox>
- <html:multibox>
- <html:select>
- <html:options>
- Bean Tags
- Bean Tags
- <bean:define>
- <bean:message>
- <bean:page>
- <bean:include>
- <bean:cookie>
- <bean:resource>
- <bean:write>
- <bean:header>
- <bean:parameter>
- Logic Tags
- Logic Tags functionality
- <logic:equal>
- <logic:greaterEqual> and <logic:lessEqual>
- <logic:lessThan> and <logic:notEqual>
- <logic:notEmpty>
- <logic:iterate>
- Summary
7. JSP Expression Language and Standard Tag Library
- JSP Expression Language (EL)
- Basic Usage
- Built-in Objects
- Working With Arrays and Maps
- Operators
- Full Example
- JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
- Run Time Version
- Basic Tags
- Condition Tags
- Interator Tags
- Internationalization (I18N)
- Setting Preferred Locale
- Specifying Resource Bundle
- Display Translated Text
- Display Number
- Display Date
- JDBC Tags
- Specify Data Source
- Performing a Query
- Display Result
- Pagination Example
8. Advanced Programming
- Error Handling
- Application Error
- Role of the Action
- Role of the View
- Show Data in Error Message
- Declarative Exception Handling
- Syntax of Declarative Exception Handling
- HashMap Property
- Array Property
- Sub-beans
- Dynamic Form Bean
- Avoid JSP File Name in Links
- Link to a Forward
9. Struts Techniques
- Working With Check Boxes
- The reset() Scenario
- Example Check Box Handling
- Dynamic List Box
- Form Cancellation
- Prevent Duplicate Form Submission
- Multi-Page Flow
- Multi-Page Flow Approaches
- Basic Technique
- Example Action
- The Previous Button Handling
- Form Validation
- Preventing Action Proliferation
- DispatchAction Approach
- LookupDispatchAction Approach
- Uploading Files
- The FormFile Interface
- Saving File in Database
10. The Validator Package
- The Validator Package
- Enable the Package
- Validator Configuration Files
- A sample rule in the file validator-rules.xml
- validation.xml file
- Basic Configuration
- Rule Variables
- Error Message
- Common Validation Rules
- Basic Validation
- Range Check
- Length Check
- Special Types
- Advanced Rules
- Client Side Validation
- Writing Custom Validators
- Validator Class Example
11. Tiles Framework
- The Problem
- A Basic JSP Page
- Centralized Content
- Layout Using CSS2
- Dreameweaver Template
- Tiles Framework
- Template Mechanism
- Create the Template
- Create Individual Pages
- Configure Tiles
- Composite Pages
- Use the Pages
- Change Management
- Overriding Content
- Template as a Generic Container
- Specify the Module List
- Render the Module List from a Template
- Enable Tiles Framework
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- 1000Mhz Pentium III
- 1GB MB RAM minimum
- 6 GB
- Ethernet or Token Ring card
- CD-ROM drive
- Network connectivity to the internet
Minimum Software Requirements
- Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Microsoft Windows XP
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 (or higher)
- Internet Explorer 6.0
- WinZip 8.0 (or higher)
- Rational Application Developer v6 (RAD 6)
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