J2EE Development using Rational Application Developer v6.0

Onsite/Virtual Instructor-Led Format

Audience	Java developers, web page designers and other professionals that will be designing, developing and implementing large scale applications using JSPs, servlets, Enterprise JavaBeans using Rational Application Developer v6.0.
Duration	5 Days
Course Abstract	This course will integrate a combination of instructor-led discussions and interactive workshops to demonstrate the development and testing of server-side applications using J2EE component model. This course will focus on illustrating the use of the Rational Application Developer product for developing servlets, filters, JavaServer Pages, custom JSP tags, JavaBeans, XML deployment descriptors, MVC concepts, Struts and Enterprise JavaBeans. Additionally, the role of the WebSphere Application Server v6.0 for testing, use of WAR and EAR files, debugging and deployment will be highlighted. Each student will learn the best practices solution for developing J2EE applications using Model-View-Controller framework and the separation of J2EE components.
Objectives	Upon conclusion participants will have acquired these skills: Understand the role of the RAD v6.0 IDE tool Explain the role of RAD projects and perspectives Demonstrate the usage of RAD wizards for rapidly developing components, projects and servers Illustrate the J2EE 1.4 component model and role in designing server-side applications Develop, debug and test servlet and JSP components Demonstrate usage of custom JSP tags and tag libraries. Understand role of JDBC to establish connectivity to relational structures Illustrate the role of Struts and develop Struts oriented applications Understand the role of Web Services, UDDI Registries and the Service Oriented Architecture Depict the role of JMS and message-oriented-middleware Illustrate the J2EE packaging and deployment strategies Demonstrate the usage of JCA and the role of resource adapters Illustrate RAD v6.0 EAR, WAR and JAR packaging Deploy applications to the embedded WebSphere Application Server
Class Format	Lecture and Lab
Prerequisites	Each student should have a basic understanding of the internet and have been exposed to the Java programming language.
Course Topics	The following list represents the sections and topics discussed in this virtual instructor-led course offering.
	WebSphere v6.0 Overview Multitiered overview N-tier architecture Model-View-Controller WebSphere products Browser role HTTP Server Application Server Standalone vs Network Deployment administration RAD Suite J2EE platform J2EE APIs J2EE services: JNDI, JDBC, Security, RMI, JMS, etc J2EE packaging Application lifecycle WebSphere architecture: Cells, Clusters, Nodes, Node Agents, Web Services Gateway WSAD development environment JavaServer Pages JSP Components JSP & Servlet integration Servlet/JSP model JSP request cycle Operational model JSP translations Forwarding JSP methods: jspInit, jspService and jspDestroy JSP Tags and scripting elements Implicit objects Directives Declarations Expressions Scriptlets JSP Action tags JavaBean integration useBean Scope attribute Development using RAD RAD IDE Understanding Eclipse Multiple document interface RAD product evolution Plug-in architecture Java development features Web development XML capabilities Server configuration Deployment Descriptors Projects and Perspectives RAD folder structure Import/Export projects Utilizing Perspectives Navigation panel JSP Tag Libraries Custom Tag libraries Tag Handler classes Tag Library Descriptor file taglib page directive Defining TLD entries Deploying Tag libraries Using web.xml aliases JSP Standard Tag Libraries JSTL tag libraries Core Formatting Database XML JSTL Expression language RAD Debugger Debugger role Debug perspective Debugger preference settings Initiating debugger Suspended threads Execution controls Inspecting expressions Breakpoints Exception handling Web Services Service-oriented architecture Web service model B2C vs B2B Role of XML SOAP and SOAP messages WSDL UDDI registries Web Services Gateway JCA integration Servlet Development Servlet Evolution Characteristics Stateless vs Stateful Servlet message structure: HTTP header & FORM data Web Container: Instance Pool, JVM and JRE roles Lifecycle HTML FORM interaction: ACTION and METHOD parameters POST vs GET processing Reading POST data Java Servlet API init and destroy methods Development in RAD JMS and Message Middleware JMS and JMS Providers JMS Clients Asynchronous Messaging Publish/Subscribe Point-to-Point Connection Factories JMS Destinations JMS Listeners Listener Managers ejb-jar.xml updates WebSphereMQ Queue Managers and Brokers WebSphereMQ Clustering Network Deployment implementation Session Data Session support WebSphere Session management Retrieve HttpSession Invalidation Accessing existing sessions RequestDispatcher Servlet Contexts Session configuration Persistent Session types WebSphere internal messaging: Peer-to-Peer vs Client/Server Session affinity Cookies Struts Overview Struts and MVC framework Benefits of Struts Servlet/JSP and JSP models Struts architecture ActionServlet Action ActionForm ActionForwards ActionError RAD implementation struts-config.xml Web Diagram tool   EJB Overview EJB benefits EJB portability foundation EJB container services and responsibilities Enterprise Bean types Session vs Entity vs Message beans Stateful vs Stateless Session Managing state data CMP vs BMP Entity beans EJB Container role Bean lifecycle management Transactional processing Security issues Development within RAD