Fast Track to Jakarta EE (JEE) Web Development With Servlets/JSPs, JNDI, EL, JPA, WebSockets, Security & More

Course Agenda

Please note that this list of topics is based on our standard course offering, evolved from typical industry uses and trends. We’ll work with you to tune this course and level of coverage to target the skills you need most.

Session: Developing Enterprise Applications

Lesson: Enterprise Development

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

Lesson: Jakarta EE Core Components

• Overview of Jakarta EE Core Components
• Web Tier Components
• Application Tier
• Deployable Units
• Deployment Descriptors
• The Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI)
• Tutorial: Building web Applications in Eclipse

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
• Lab: A First Servlet

Lesson: Form processing using Servlets

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

Lesson: Jakarta Server Pages

• Jakarta Server Pages ( JSPs)
• The Relationship Between JSPs and Servlets
• The JSP lifecycle
• Lab: A First JSP

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
• Lab: Implementing MVC

Lesson: Session Management

• Sessions in Web Applications
• The HttpSession object
• Session Management in JEE
• Handling Cookies
• URL-Rewriting
• Lab: Managing Sessions

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
• Lab: Adding Filters

Lesson: Events, Listeners and Initializers

• Introduce Web Listeners
• Listen for context events
• Respond to Session modifications
• Session aware objects
• ServletContextInitialzer and the Service Provider interface
• The HandlesTypes annotation
• Lab: Listeners

Session: Jakarta Expression Language (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

• Apply EL operators
• Use the EL implicit objects
• Explain the steps involved in creating EL functions
• Create a function implementation
• Define the function in the tag-library
• Use a function within a JSP page
• Lab: Using EL Expressions

Session: Custom Tags

Lesson: Introduction to Custom Tags

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

Lesson: Jakarta Standard Tag Library

• Use the JSTL core and formatting libraries
• The core functionality of the library
• JSTL functions
• Lab: Using JSTL

Session: Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI)

Lesson: Introduction to CDI

• Understand the value of CDI
• Explore dependency injection (DI)
• Understand alternatives
• Understand annotation processing
• Use and configure CDI
• Lab: Using CDI

Lesson: Using CDI

• Use qualifiers to discriminate which object gets injected
• Understand when a bean is assignable to a given injection point
• Define you own Qualifier annotation
• Understand post construction annotations and pre destruction annotations
• Create factory methods with @Produces
• Lab: Using Qualifiers

Lesson: CDI and Jakarta EE

• CDI's Relationship to Jakarta EE
• The @Model annotation
• Built-in CDI scopes
• Lab: Using CDI and Servlets

Lesson: Interceptors and Decorators

• Introducing CDI Interceptors
• Implementing Interceptors
• Adding (Multiple) Decorators
• CDI Events
• Lab: Using Interceptors and Decorators

Session: Using Resources

Lesson: JEE DataSources

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

Lesson: Overview of JPA

• Object to Relational (O/R) Mapping (ORM)
• The Jakarta Persistence Architecture
• The ORM framework configuration
• Map a ‘simple’ entity to a database table
• Read, write and search for entities
• Lab: Using JPA

Session: Java API for WebSocket

Lesson: Introduction to WebSocket

• Java API for WebSocket Overview
• Using WebSockets in JEE
• Endpoint Instances

Lesson: Implementing WebSocket Endpoint

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

Lesson: Extending WebSockets

• Understand the use of configurators
• Share user data between multiple requests
• Use JSON message objects for communication
• Write message encoders and decoders
• Handle exceptions in endpoints
• Lab: Encoding and Decoding Messages

Session: Jakarta Bean Validation

Lesson: Introduction to Bean Validation

• Bean Validation
• Define Constraints on Object Models
• Core Validation Annotations
• Validate Objects and Object Graphs
• Internationalized error messages
• Lab: Bean Validation

Lesson: Bean Validation

• Define custom validation constraints
• Implement constraint validators
• Use validation groups
• Use bean validation on methods and constructors
• Lab: Creating Constraints

Session: Managing Web Applications

Lesson: Web Fragments

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

Lesson: Error Handling

• Handle exceptions in web applications
• Declaring error pages

Lesson: Asynchronous Servlets

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

Lesson: Web Security

• Specify the Servlet Security Model
• Roles in the Web Application
• Access Control and Authentication Requirements
• Security-Related Annotations
• Lab: Web Security

Session: Introduction to Jakarta Faces

Lesson: Introduction to Faces

• Faces Overview
• The Faces ‘Components’
• Configuring a Faces Application
• MVC using Jakarta Faces
• Lab: First 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
• Lab: JSF HTML Tags

Session: Facelets

Lesson: Facelets

• Introduce Facelets
• Use Facelets to create the view of the JSF application
• Access properties of a Managed Bean using EL
• Lab: Working with Facelets

Lesson: Facelets Templating and Resources

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