Developers with skills equivalent to that of a SunCertified Java Developer, who are creating web components (such as servlets and custom tags), can benefit.This is not a course for web page designers using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), JavaScript technology, or other web presentation technologies.

• Write Java technology applications, demonstrating significant programming ability
• Integrate existing Java code (for example, reuse existing classes created by other team members)
• Design Java technology applications
• Functionally describe the benefits of an n-tier architecture
• Write a web page using HTML

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Write servlets using the Java programming language (Java servlets)
• Create robust web applications using Struts, session management, filters, and database integration
• Write JSP pages
• Create easy to maintain JSP pages using the Expression Language, JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL), and the Struts Tiles framework
• Create robust web applications that integrate Struts and JSP pages

Module 1 - Introduction to Web Application Technologies

• Describe web applications
• Describe Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE 5)
• Describe Java servlet technology
• Describe JavaServer Pages technology
• Define three-tier architecture
• Define Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture

Module 2 - Developing a View Component

• Design a view component
• Describe the Hypertext Transfer Protocol
• Describe the web container behavior
• Develop a simple HTTP servlet
• Configure and deploy a servlet

Module 3 - Developing a Controller Component

• Design a controller component
• Create an HTML form
• Describe how HTML form data is sent in an HTTP request
• Develop a controller servlet
• Dispatch from a controller servlet to a view servlet

Module 4 - Developing Dynamic Forms

• Describe the servlet life cycle
• Customize a servlet with initialization parameters
• Explain error reporting within the web form
• Repopulating the web form

Module 5 - Sharing Application Resources Using the Servlet Context

• Describe the purpose and features of the servlet context
• Develop a servlet context listener to initialize a shared application resource

Module 6 - Designing the Business Tier

• Describe the Analysis model
• Design entity components
• Design service components

Module 7 - Developing a Web Application Using Struts

• Design a web application using the Struts MVC framework
• Develop a Struts action class
• Configure the Struts action mappings

Module 8 - Developing Web Applications Using Session Management

• Describe the purpose of session management
• Design a web application that uses session management
• Develop servlets using session management
• Describe the cookies implementation of session management
• Describe the URL-rewriting implementation of

session managementModule 9 - Using Filters in Web Applications

• Describe the web container request cycle
• Describe the Filter API
• Develop a filter class
• Configure a filter in the web.xml file

Module 10 - Integrating Web Applications With Databases

• Map sample data structure into database entities
• Design a web application to integrate with a DBMS
• Configuring a DataSource and Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) API

Module 11 - Developing JSP Pages

• Describe JSP page technology
• Write JSP code using scripting elements
• Write JSP code using the page directive
• Write JSP code using standard tags
• Write JSP code using the Expression Language (EL)
• Configure the JSP page environment in the web.xml file

Module 12 - Developing JSP Pages Using Custom Tags

• Describe the Java EE job roles involved in web application development
• Design a web application using custom tags
• Use JSTL tags in a JSP page

Module 13 - Developing Web Applications Using Struts Action Forms

• Describe the components in a Struts application
• Develop an ActionForm class
• Develop a JSP page for a View form
• Configure the View forms

Module 14 - Building Reusable Web Presentation Components

• Describe how to build web page layouts from reusable presentation components
• Include JSP segments
• Develop layouts using the Struts Tiles framework