Developers who are creating web sites using JavaScript technology, or other web presentation technologies, and web components (such as servlets and custom tags), can benefit. This is not a course for web page designers using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML).

• Experience with web application design and development
• Experience with the Java language
• JavaScript experience is desired, not required

The students work on labs to develop their skills.

• Web page style and layout using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
• JavaScript programing essentials
• Use Ajax to communicate between the browser and the server
• Use the Dojo Toolkit to write rich interactive web pages
• Java servlets and JSPs control server side program flow and logic
• JPA and EJB technologies manage the data between the web application and the database

Module 1 - Course Introduction

• Target audience and Module description
• Description of the development tools used in this course

Module 2 - Introduction to Web Page Layout and Styles with CSS

• Use Web Browser Technologies
• Analyze the Document Object Model (DOM) in HTML Structures
• Add Page Divisions and Styles to your web pages
• Define Page Spacing and Layout in HTML pages

Module 3 - The JavaScript Language

• Using JavaScript Objects
• Arrays extend Object with an integer index
• Strings extend Object with an a string value
• Functions extend Object with a JavaScript function body
• JavaScript and the Document Object Model (DOM)

Module 4 - Programming with Ajax and JSON

• Program a web page with Ajax
• Pass data to your application using JSON
• Secure Ajax Applications
• Recommendations for using JavaScript

Module 5 - Introduction to Java EE Technologies

• Components of Java EE and the Application Server
• Java Servlets and Java Server Pages
• Persistence using a Bean

Module 6 - Using an EBJ with the Java Persistence API

• Develop skills to Read, Use, and Modify an Enterprise JavaBean (EJB)
• Use JPA in the EJB to manage the relational database data
• This EJB is the model part of the sample MVC application used in the following Modules
• This is the Model (M) part of the MVC application

Module 7 - MVC Java Technology Components

• Application Introduction
• Form Process: Initialization, Error Handling, and Database Update
• This Application controler logic servlets are used in the following Modules
• This is the Controller (C) part of the MVC application

Module 8 - Implementing Dojo Toolkit v1.10 Widgets

• Introducing the Dojo Toolkit with many samples
• Creating a Dojo Toolkit web application
• Using the Dojo Toolkit to make an Ajax call

Module 9 - Adding a Web 2.0 Front End into an MVC Application

• Using Firefox and Firebug for Development and Debugging
• Work with Dojo Widgets to Create a Client Application
• This is the Web 2.0 View (V) part of the MVC application

Module 10 - Integration Using Ajax and JSON

• Communicate Using Ajax with Dojo
• Implement JSON Message Formats on the client side (on the browser)
• Refactor server side page rendering backend from HTML to JSON

Module 11 - DOM Handling with Dojo.query

• JavaScript and the Document Object Module (DOM)
• Use dojo.query to handle sophisticated DOM element queries
• Sample application extension to do Access Management

Module 12 - Localization

• Introduce localization concepts for web site messages
• Setup to localize an application
• View sample language Property Files
• Add Another Language

Module 13 - Recommendations for Web 2.0 Ajax Development

• Object-Oriented JavaScript
• Avoiding Name Collisions
• Object Literals
• On Demand Loading
• Best Practices

Module 14 - Designing a Web Application Architecture

• Overview Architecture Concerns
• Discuss: Client Tier, Web Tier, and the Business Tier