Java Training : Fast Track to JSP

Fast Track to JavaServer Pages Using JRun is a 2-day course that provides experienced Web developers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to start building and maintaining dynamic and interactive JSP-based Web applications using JRun.

To gain the most from this class you should:

• Be familiar with Web terminology
• Understand Web server characteristics
• Have experience with the HTML tag set and syntax
• Be familiar with the SQL command set, including SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE
• Know a programming language

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Describe the JavaServer PagesTM (JSP) architecture, how it fits into the J2EE platform, and recognize the benefits of such an architecture
• Set up a Web application on the JRun default server
• Use the JRun Studio development environment
• Create a simple JSP
• Describe the basic components of a JSP
• Develop and deploy a basic JSP-based Web application
• Reuse code
• Dynamically generate content in a JSP
• Create dynamic queries based on URL attributes
• Generate a form in a JSP
• Integrate JavaBeans into a JSP
• Handle errors in a JSP
• Describe JSP support for session state maintenance
• Use the JRun tag library

Unit 1: Course Overview

• Understand the course objectives
• Understand the course prerequisites
• Describe the course format

Unit 2: Setting Up the Environment

• Explain the advantages of dynamic Web pages
• Describe the JRun development environment
• Create a Web application on the JRun default server using the JRun
• Management Console (JMC)
• Create a project using JRun Studio
• Create a simple JSP

Unit 3: Introducing JavaServer Pages

• Explain how JSPs relate to Web development and the J2EE platform
• Describe the development cycle
• Describe the basic components of a JSP
• Describe custom tags
• Become familiar with the course application

• Use both a directive and an action to include another page in a JSP
• Understand the difference between dynamic and static includes

Unit 5: Dynamically Generated Content

• Connect a JSP to a database
• Describe basic SQL statements and build SQL queries
• Configure the Remote Development Services
• Connect to a database from JRun Studio
• Describe JRun tags
• Write JSP expressions
• Use JRun tags to dynamically generate content

Unit 6: Building a Drill-down Interface Using URL Parameters

• Describe anchors and URL parameters
• Combine JSP components with standard HTML anchor tags
• Use the request object
• Create dynamic queries based on URL attributes
• Use scriptlets
• Implement conditional processing to identify null values

Unit 7: Inserting Data

• Describe forms and form fields
• Validate form fields
• Write data to the database
• Forward control to another JSP

Unit 8: Application Partitioning Using JavaBeans

• Describe the benefits of separating the presentation layer from the business logic
• Learn about Web application architectures
• Describe the JavaBean design pattern
• Use JavaBeans in a JSP Web application
• Handle errors in a JSP

Unit 9: Session Management

• Describe the benefits of session management
• Use the JSP session object
• Manage session parameters using the JMC
• Implement session management