Java Web Applications with Struts

Course Start Dates Select Start Date Time Days Duration Site 02/01/2012 6.00-9.00pm Mon/Wed 6 Weeks Brentford 30/01/2012 10.00-5.00pm Mon to Fri 1 Week Brentford 06/02/2012 9.00-5.00pm Monday to Fri 5 Days London 05/03/2012 10.00-5.00pm Mon to Fri 1 Week London 13/08/2012 9.00-5.00pm Mon to Fri 5 Days London In completing the enrolling process and paying for your course, you are confirming that you have received enough information to make an informed decision and that the course is suited to your needs and abilities. Cost: £1590

Course Content

Overview of Web Applications

• Objectives
• Tiered Software Architecture
• Tiered Runtime Environment
• Tiered Architectures
• Presentation Layer
• Web Presentation Layer
• Business Logic Tier
• Tier Integration
• Java Web Applications
• Java Web Application Architecture
• Java EE Architecture
• Web Application Programming Model - MVC
• Model View Controller
• A Scenario of Using MVC

Introduction to Struts

• Objectives
• What is Struts?
• Why Struts?
• Struts Components
• The Controller Layer
• The View
• The Form Bean
• A Simple Action
• Struts Configuration
• Define HelloAction
• Invoking HelloAction
• Finding Information About Struts

Struts Project Configuration

• Creating a Project
• Downloading Struts Distribution
• Struts Files
• The web.xml File
• Struts Configuration Basics
• Creating Sub-modules
• Implications of Sub-modules
• Advanced Sub-module Issues

Basic Struts Programming

• The Action Class
• Action Life Cycle
• The ActionServlet Class
• The executer() Method
• Registering an Action
• The ActionMapping Class
• Accessing User Input
• Form Bean
• Registering Form Bean
• Form Bean Life Cycle
• HTML Form Example
• Accessing User Input
• Bean Scope
• Invoking Business Logic
• Passing Data to Model
• Using Separate DTO Classes
• Controlling Page Flow
• Redirecting the Browser

Basic View Development

• Basic From Validation
• From Validation Pattern
• Validation Logic
• Validation Failure Scenario
• Example validate() Method
• Configure Validation
• Error Messages
• Show Error Messages
• Pre-fill Form Fields
• Basic Steps in Pre-filling
• Example Form
• Form Render Scenario
• Pre-filling After Form Validation Error
• Pre-filling an Editor Form
• Example Form Display Action
• Basic Input Fields

Struts Tag Libraries

• Commonality Among the Struts Tags
• HTML Tags
• Bean Tags
• Logic Tags
• Logice Tags funtionality
• Summary

JSP Expression Language and Standard Tag Library

• JSP Expression Language (EL)
• Basic Usage
• Built-In Objects
• Working With Arrays and Maps
• Operators
• Full Example
• JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
• Run Time Version
• Basic Tags
• Condition Tags
• Interator Tags
• Internationalization (I18N)
• Setting Preferred Locale
• Specifying Resource Bundle
• Display Translated Text
• Display Number
• Display Date
• JDBC Tags
• Specify Data Source
• Performing a Query
• Display Result
• Pagination Example

Advanced Programming

• Error Handling
• Application Error
• Role of the Action
• Role of the View
• Show Data in Error Message
• Declarative Exception Handling
• Syntax of Declarative Exception Handling
• HashMap Property
• Array Property
• Sub-beans
• Dynamic Form Bean
• Avoid JSP File Name in Links
• Link to a Forward

Struts Techniques

• Working with Check Boxes
• The reset() Scenario
• Example Check Box Handling
• Dynamic List Box
• Form Cancellation
• Prevent Duplicate Form Submission
• Multi-Page Flow
• Multi-Page Flow Approaches
• Basic Technique
• Example Action
• The Previous Button Handling
• Form Validation
• Preventing Action Proliferation
• DispatchAction Approach
• LookupDispatchAction Approach
• Uploading Files
• The FormFile Interface
• Saving File in Database

The Validator Package

• Enable the Package
• Validator Configuration Files
• A sample rule in the file validator-rules.xml
• validation.xml file
• Basic Configuration
• Rule Variables
• Error Message
• Common Validation Rules
• Basic Validation
• Range Check
• Length Check
• Special Types
• Advanced Rules
• Client Side Validation
• Writing Custom Validators
• Validator Class Example

Tiles Framework

• The Problem
• A Basic JSP Page
• Centralized Content
• Layout Using CSS2
• Dreameweaver Template
• Tiles Framework
• Template Mechanism
• Create the Template
• Create Individual Pages
• Configure Tiles
• Composite Pages
• Use the Pages
• Change Management
• Overriding Content
• Template as a Generic Container
• Specify the Module List
• Render the Module List from a Template
• Enable Tiles Framework