Mastering JEE 7 Web Application Development

Course Outline

Session: Developing Java EE applications

Lesson: Enterprise Development

• Enterprise Application Software
• Requirements of Enterprise applications
• Scalability, Load Balancing, Fail Over
• Resource pooling

Lesson: Java EE Core Components

• Overview of Java EE Core Components
• Web Tier Components
• Application Tier
• Deployable Units
• Deployment Descriptors
• The Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI)

Session: JEE Dynamic Web Applications

Lesson: Introduction to Servlets

• The Servlet Interface
• The Web Container
• Creating HTML Output Using Servlets
• The @Webservlet Annotation
• Interaction Between web.xml and Annotations
• The @Webinitparam Annotation

Lesson: Form processing using Servlets

• Using HTML5 Forms with Servlets
• Processing Request Parameters
• HttpServletRequest Methods
• HttpServletResponse Methods

Lesson: Java Server Pages

• Java Server Pages ( JSPs)
• The Relationship Between JSPs and Servlets
• The JSP lifecycle
• The role of JSPs in Java EE 7

Lesson: Implementing MVC in JEE

• Model View Control
• Using the RequestDispatcher
• Handling Requests
• The Request Scope
• Handling Request Attributes
• The Expression Language (JSR 341)
• EL in Template text

Lesson: Session Management

• Sessions in Web Applications
• The HttpSession object
• Session Management in Java EE
• Handling Cookies
• URL-Rewriting

Session: JEE Servlet Filters and Listeners

Lesson: Servlet Filters

• Introduce Servlet Filters
• Modify the request data
• Modify the response data
• The @WebFilter annotation
• Define Filter Mappings
• Move functionality out into a decorator pattern

Session: Expression Language 3.0 (EL)

Lesson: Overview of EL

• The Expression Language (JSR 341)
• Value and Method Expressions
• Immediate and Deferred Evaluation Syntax
• Read and Read/Write expressions

Lesson: The EL language

• EL Operators
• EL Reserved Words
• EL Implicit objects
• Referencing Objects using EL

Session: Custom Tags

Lesson: Introduction to Custom Tags

• Custom tags
• Using the taglib Page Directive
• The TLD File
• The Tag Implementation Class

Lesson: The Java Standard Tag Library

• JSTL Overview
• Use JSTL to Iterate Over Collections of Data
• JSTL functions

Session: Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI)

Lesson: Introduction to CDI

• Context Dependency Injection (CDI)
• The @Inject Annotation
• The @Default Annotation
• The @Alternative Annotation
• The @Named Annotation

Lesson: Using CDI

• Qualifiers
• @PostConstruct and @PreDestroy
• The @Produces Annotation

Lesson: CDI and Java EE

• CDI's Relationship to Java EE
• The @Model annotation
• Built-in CDI scopes

Session: Using Resources

Lesson: JEE DataSources

• DataSources in JEE
• Setup a DataSource
• Using CDI to inject a DataSource

Lesson: Overview of JPA

• Introduce the Java Persistence API (JPA)
• Benefits of Using an ORM framework
• Hibernate and JPA

Session: Java API for WebSocket

Lesson: Introduction to WebSocket

• Java API for WebSocket Overview
• Using WebSocket in Java EE
• Endpoint Instances

Lesson: Implementing WebSocket Endpoint

• Annotated Endpoints
• Receiving messages
• Send Response to Client(s)
• JavaScript to Setup a WebSocket Connection

Lesson: WebSocket in JEE

• Manage Client State
• Encoding and Decoding Messages
• Handling Errors

Session: Java Bean Validation (JSR 349)

Lesson: Introduction to Bean Validation

• Bean Validation
• Define Constraints on Object Models
• Core Validation Annotations
• Validate Objects and Object Graphs

Lesson: Bean Validation

• Validate Parameters and Return Values
• Develop Custom Constraints

Session: Managing Web Applications

Lesson: Web Fragments

• Need for Web Fragments
• The web-fragment Element
• Fragment Ordering

Lesson: Error Handling

• Handling HTTP Errors Codes
• Handling Exceptions

Lesson: Asynchronous Servlets

• Invoking a ‘Long Running’ Process
• The asyncSupported Attribute
• Using the AsyncContext Class
• Handling AsyncEvent Objects
• Nonblocking I/O in Servlets

Lesson: Web Security

• Specify the Servlet Security Model
• Roles in the Web Application
• Access Control and Authentication Requirements
• Security-Related Annotations
• Servlet 3.1 Predefined Roles
• The deny-uncovered-http-methods XML Element 

Session: Introduction to Java Server Faces

Lesson: Introduction to JSF

• JSF Overview
• The JSF ‘Components’
• Configuring a JSF Application
• MVC using JSF

Lesson: JSF Components

• Understand the component architecture of JSF
• Explain the use of the RenderKit
• User Interface Component Model
• Introduce the JSF Custom Tags
• Explain the functionality of the various input tags
• Panels and tables in JSF

Session: Facelets

Lesson: Facelets

• Facelets as View Handlers
• Custom Tags Used in Facelets
• The @Named Annotation
• The @RequestScoped and @SessionScoped Annotations
• Using the dataTable Custom Tag

Lesson: Facelets Templating and Resources

• Creating a Consistent Look and Feel
• Templating and Placeholders
• JSF resource management