Java III: Java Server-Side with Servlets and JSPs

Course Number:  572-JK
Recommended Duration:  5 days

Intended Audience
Experienced Java programmers needing to create server-based applications using Servlets and JSPs.

Course Overview
Experienced programmers improve Java skills using JSPs and Servlets.  Other advanced topics are introduced.  There are fifteen machine exercises.  Exercises use the IBM RAD tool; may be adjusted to use Eclipse.

Course appropriate for Java 5.0 (Java 1.5) and J2EE 1.4.  Course covers Java 2 (aka. Java 1.4) with some new Java 5.0 features being introduced. Most topics and examples also apply to Java 1.1, Java 1.2, Java 1.3, Java 1.4., and J2EE 1.3.

Objectives
Participants will enhance existing Java skills and learn to code and deploy complex web-based applications. Hands-on exercises will create and use Servlets, JSPs, Java Beans, Custom JSP tags, and applications performing I/O.

Prerequisites
Students must have Java experience or have completed the "Java I" and "Java II" courses or equivalent courses.

Topics

• Servlets, JSPs, and Java Beans

• Overview of J2EE and EJB features

• Using Java Beans

• Introspection and Reflection

• Servlets and JDBC

• Creating three-tier Model-View-Controller (Model 2) web-based applications

• Custom Java Tag Libraries (taglibs)

• Servlet Filters

• Best Practices and Performance issues

• Remote Method Invocation (RMI)

• Enterprise Java Bean (EJB) Intro.

• Overview of XML and Java programming

• Overview of Struts and Java Server Faces (JSF)

• Introduction to Java Messaging Services (JMS)