Java Web Application Development Training

In this training course, you acquire the experience needed to implement high-performing, scalable, and secure web-based applications, and learn how Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) offers a simple and comprehensive approach to building state-of-the-art enterprise applications.

• Three to six months of Java programming experience
• You should have:
  • An understanding of Java classes and the inheritance model
  • The ability to use standard Java APIs
  • Basic working knowledge of XML

• Familiarity with intranet/internet development technologies, such as HTML, HTTP, and TCP/IP

Java Web Application Development Training Benefits

• Build robust, data-driven web applications by integrating key components of Java EE.
• Create dynamic, session-managed, data-driven web applications with Java servlets.
• Build dynamic web page views with JSP.
• Implement the MVC design pattern for Java web applications.
• Use listeners to initialize web sessions and applications.
• Employ best practices for storing application data.
• Use database connection pools to reduce latency.
• Lock down a web application using container managed security.

Java Web Application Development Course Outline

Introduction and Overview

Web application development

• The requirements of a web application
• Components of an n-tier architecture

Generating Content with Servlets

Getting started with servlets

• Integrating servlets into the web application architecture
• Configuring the servlet development environment
• Avoiding common servlet pitfalls

Utilizing the Java Servlet API

• Servlet life cycle methods
• Accessing servlet environment variables

Creating web-based forms for user input

• Adding text fields and drop-down lists
• Retrieving form data in the servlet

Accessing Databases with Servlets

Harnessing Data Access Objects with Java Database Connectivity

• Connecting to the database
• Resource Injection
• Submitting SQL statements
• Retrieving and processing data

Formatting database results

• Constructing an HTML table
• Latency Considerations
• Database Connection Pooling

Maintaining State in Java Web Applications

Writing cookies to personalize web content

• Retrieving cookies from a client request
• Sending cookies to the client
• Circumventing cookie limitations

Managing application state with sessions

• Creating a unique session for each user
• Storing and retrieving Java objects within sessions
• Controlling a session's life span
• Creating application and session event listeners
• Implementing a shopping cart

Key components of Java EE for web development

• Servlets
• JSP
• XML

Creating JavaServer Pages (JSP)

JSP fundamentals

• Using JSP scriptlets, expressions and declarations
• Communicating with the client using built-in JSPserver objects
• Leveraging the JSP 2 Expression Language (EL)

State management with JSP

• Accessing cookies and sessions
• Storing common application data

Designing JSP and Servlet Architectures

Integrating JSP and JavaBeans

• Promoting object reuse
• Separating application logic from the presentation

Calling JSP from servlets

• Forwarding Java objects to JSP
• Using request, session, and application objects to store data
• Servlet and JSP design patterns

Deploying Java Web Applications

Managing configuration parameters with the deployment descriptor

• Generating the WAR file
• Using the hot-deploy directory

Developing custom tags

• Creating custom tags with JSP 2 tag files
• Customizing tag behavior with attributes

Implementing Container-Managed Security

Defining security requirements

• Identifying the security realm
• Applying security constraints
• Leveraging Transport Layer Security

Implementing Container-Managed Security

• Defining security requirements
• Identifying the security realm
• Applying security constraints
• Leveraging Transport Layer Security