Introduction to JavaServer Faces using RAD v6.0



Audience
Java developers, web page designers and other professionals that will be designing, developing and implementing JavaServer Faces applicationsusing Rational Application Developer v6.0.
   

Duration

 3 Days
   
Course Abstract
This course will integrate a combination of instructor-led discussions and interactive workshops to demonstrate the implementation of JavaServer Faces in a web application. This seminar will focus on: architecture of JSF application, Struts comparison, role of UI components, use of faces-config.xml file, role of managed beans, integration of JSF tags in JSP documents, dynamic and static navigation, role of listeners, use of validators and converters, use of Data tables and JSF expression language. All of these topics will be discussed using the Rational Application Developer as the primary development, implementation and testing tool.
   
Objectives

Upon conclusion participants will have acquired these skills:

  • Understand the role of JavaServer Faces applications
  • Explain the role of RAD for building and implementing JSF systems
  • Depict the use of the faces-config.xml file for managing JSF applications
  • Illustrate the definition and usage of managed beans
  • Understand the role of the many different JSF tags integrated into our JSP documents
  • Compare Struts and JSF applications
  • Illustrate the development of Service Data Objects (SDO) for accessing data fields and linking them to the interface.
  • Depict the role of JavaServer Faces for building web pages by assembling reusable components
  • Illustrate the use of both static and dynamic navigation
  • Deploy validation and conversion processes via multiple methods in our JSF applications
  • Depict the use of JSF Data tables for displaying relational data
  • Understand the usage of JSF expression language for accessing bean properties
  • Deploy JSF 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.
 

Struts to JSF Evolution

  • MVC and Struts
  • Web application development
    o Struts component
    o ApplicationResources.properties
    o Tag libraries
  • Action mappings
  • FORM beans
  • Struts to JSF comparison
    o Advantages
    o Disadvantates

JavaServer Faces

  • JSF framework
    • UI components
    • Validation
    • Conversion
    • Events and listeners
    • Rendering
  • JSF Request cycle
    • Faces context
    • request processing lifecycle
  • Role of Faces servlet
  • Updates to web.xml file
  • JSF Application projects
    • Structure
    • Files
    • Page code
    • Web content
  • Building JSF via Web Diagram tool

 

Use of Managed Beans

  • Definition of Managed beans
  • Managed beans
    o Definition
    o Message bundles
    o Configuration
    o Value binding expressions
  • faces-config.xml file updates
  • Scope requirements
  • Defining attributes

JSF Navigation

  • Introduction to JSF navigation
  • Static vs Dynamic
  • Generating JSF outcomes
  • Event Handling
    o Value change
    o Action event
    o Event listener tags
    o Struts comparison

Use Service Data Objects

  • Service Data Objects
    o Overview
    o SDO vs JDO
    o SDO vs ADO.NET
  • SDO objects
    o Data objects
    o Data graphs
    o properties
  • Building SDO access via RAD
  • Integrating SDO with JSF applications

Defining Action Listeners

  • Illustrate role of listeners
  • Listener varieties
    o Action
    o Value changes
  • Actions and navigation
  • Integration with JSF forms
  • Listener placement
    o JSF application
    o Managed bean
    o JSP document
  • ActionListener vs ValueChangeListener

Using JSP v2.0 Expression Language

  • Illustrate use of JSP v2.0
  • Use of properties files
    o f:loadBundle
    o properties file structure
  • faces-config updates
  • Integration with JSF input forms
  • Nested bean properties
  • Array notation
  • Accessing Collections
  • Implicit objects
  • EL Operators
    o Arithmetic
    o Relational
    o Logical
  • Conditional Expressions

JSF Data Tables

  • Demonstrate use of Data Tables
  • h:dataTable
    o var
    o h:column
  • Headers and Footers
  • Integration with managed beans
  • Formatting tables and style sheets