Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Business Logic and Persistence

Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Business Logic and Persistence

• describe the layers that comprise a Java EE application
• define and contrast Java POJOs, EJBs, and EJB-Lite
• describe the Java EJB API
• compare stateful, stateless, and singleton session beans in Java EE applications
• describe the steps in creating a session bean
• describe stateful and stateless session bean life cycles
• describe timer-based and asynchronous method invocation for session beans and describe the use of SessionContext
• describe the use of JNDI names for EJB components
• invoke a session bean from a servlet to download media items as thumbnails in a Java EE application
• use a singleton session bean to cache data in a Java EE application
• describe at a high level the Java Persistence API and object-relational mapping it entails
• describe JPA entities and describe how to create an entity class
• describe entity mapping and the role of a primary key in mapping and describe how to change default mapping
• describe the use of temporal types and transient fields in JPA entities
• describe the data types for fields and properties and contrast persistent fields and properties
• describe persistence units, the use of the persistence.xml file, and persistence contexts in Java EE applications
• describe the role of the Entity Manager with an example of its use in a Java EE application, and describe the entity instance life cycle and Entity Manager methods
• describe JPA queries
• create and configure a Java Derby database
• create a JPA entity from a POJO
• create and configure a persistence unit in a Java EE application
• use the functionality of the Java Persistence API in a Java EE application
• create dynamic JPQL queries in a Java EE application
• practice configuring data persistence for a Java EE application

Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Communication and Security

Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Communication and Security

• start the course
• contrast JavaScript with Java and show how to run, debug, and test JavaScript code
• describe JavaScript data types and describe how to declare and work with variables
• describe how to create and call a JavaScript function and describe function and global scope
• describe how to create and work with JavaScript objects
• describe how to create and work with arrays in JavaScript
• describe how to work with the DOM (Document Object Model) using JavaScript
• describe JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
• describe AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML)
• develop a single page Java web application
• call RESTful services from JavaScript in a Java web application
• introduce WebSockets and the Java API for WebSocket and describe how the components of the Java API for WebSocket are used
• describe Java's support for JSON
• describe JAX-RS's support for JSON-P
• develop a WebSocket Endpoint and client in a Java web application
• use the JSON-P API to generate JSON in a Java web application
• describe container-managed security in the Java EE platform
• describe how user roles are used in the Java EE security model
• describe common security annotations for the Java EE platform
• describe how to use the Security API in Java EE applications
• use declarative security in a Java EE application
• practice creating a websocket endpoint and client and using declarative security in a Java web application

Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Getting Started

Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Getting Started

• start the course
• introduce Java EE technology group and outline the requirements of enterprise applications
• describe enterprise application infrastructure technologies with separation of logic from services, and describe Java EE profiles
• define Java EE technology specifications and how to access them and describe how they define APIs and also in some cases services
• describe the Java EE requirement for a tiered architecture, the N-tiered model, and Java EE tiered architecture
• step through and describe a sample Java EE application
• describe the role of Java EE servers and the available implementations
• describe the considerations for selecting a Java EE server and describe the benefits of the Glassfish server
• describe the role of an IDE and list some of the IDEs that support Java EE development
• describe the Java EE development process and the steps involved
• describe Java EE containers and components
• describe Java EE component state, properties, encapsulation, and proxies
• describe the role of and different types of Java EE archive files including WAR and EAR files, and list the web components in a WAR file
• describe the use of deployment descriptor files in Java EE applications and list some vendor-specific deployment descriptors
• install the GlassFish server from the NetBeans IDE
• write a simple test application in NetBeans and deploy it to GlassFish
• describe JavaBeans and how they can be used in Java EE applications
• describe the considerations for creating and working with JavaBeans
• describe Java logging and logging frameworks
• describe how to use the java.util.logging.Logger class in Java EE applications
• describe logging handlers in Java EE applications
• referencing the GlassFish log service, describe how logging is configured and logs viewed for Java EE applications
• create a Logger instance and add it to a Java EE application
• describe and contrast the use of annotations with deployment descriptors in Java EE applications
• describe the different types of annotations and how they are currently used in Java EE 7
• describe annotation elements, placement, and retention in Java EE applications
• describe method chaining and how it is used by JAX-RS
• practice creating and working with loggers in a Java EE application

Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Presentation with JSF

Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Presentation with JSF

• start the course
• introduce the features of JSF including the new features in JSF 2.0
• describe JSF application elements and the use of JSF pages and forms
• contrast JSF tags with JSP tags and list the available JSF tag libraries
• describe managed beans, how to configure them, and how they are used with forms
• step through the components of a sample JSF application: JSF pages, managed beans, and deployment descriptor
• describe the phase of a JSF application life cycle
• describe how to include text, HTML, and hyperlinks in facelet pages
• describe how to extend the lifetime of a managed bean by adjusting its scope and describe scope in the context of dependency injection
• describe the Unified Expression Language (EL) and how it can be used to reference managed beans
• describe implicit and static JSF page navigation and the use of the ui:repeat tag to iterate through collections
• use JSF for presentation in a Java web application
• practice using JSF in Java web applications

Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Transaction Support

Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Transaction Support

• start the course
• describe transaction concepts important for the Java EE platform and describe transaction models
• compare programmatic and declarative transactions in the context of Java EE applications
• describe how to use JTA to scope transactions programmatically
• describe how to implement a declarative or container-managed transaction (CMT) policy
• describe how to implement entity synchronization in transactions
• describe how to handle exceptions in programmatic and declarative transaction scoping and how to unravel EJBExceptions
• use transactions to update and persist data in a Java EE application
• implement a versioning policy for entities in a transactional Java EE application
• use the Java Persistence API versioning features to control optimistic locking in a transactional Java EE application
• practice configuring transactional Java EE applications

Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Web Components

Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Web Components

• start the course
• describe the reasons for web applications, and the standards associated with Java web applications
• give an overview of the components of server-side and client-side Java web applications
• describe how MVC can be used in Java web applications and describe the Java MVC architecture
• describe how the HTTP request-response model is used in Java EE applications
• describe and contrast Java EE web components: servlets, JSP components, and JSF facelets
• compare servlets and JSPS, and describe code for both components
• describe code for a JSF facelet and describe how to use the JSP expression language in JSP and facelet pages
• describe the code for a JAX-RS resource and a consuming web client
• describe web context root and alias mapping, data scope, page design, and tools in the context of Java web applications
• build a Java web application using a servlet, JSP, and a JAX-RS web service
• Build a Java web application using a servlet
• Creating a JAX-RS web service
• inspect a web page with developer tools
• describe the Servlet API and an example of a basic servlet
• describe how to configure servlets with annotations and deployment descriptors
• set response headers and create the response body for a servlet in a Java EE application
• describe how to implement server-side processing in servlets to receive POST requests containing one or more files
• describe how servlet sessions are managed
• create a servlet controller class for a Java EE application
• create a servlet to upload files to a Java EE application
• describe JavaServer Pages and contrast them with servlets
• compare use of |w JSPs to servlets for presentation in a Java web application
• describe how to work with JSP in a Java Web application
• describe JSP technology directives
• describe how to use JSP declarations, expressions, and scriptlets
• describe the available scopes for JavaServer Pages and how to access and work with scoped elements
• describe how to use the JSP taglib directive to extend tags that JSP can interpret and how to use Expression Language (EL) in JSP
• create a JSP for the main page of a Java web application, modify upload view pages, add a view page to display individual images, and add a settings view page to filter the items displayed on the main page
• Modify the upload view pages, and add a view page to display individual images
• Add a settings view page to filter the items displayed on the main page
• practice configuring servlets and JSPs in a Java web application

Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Web Services

Java EE 7 Front End Web Application Development: Web Services

• describe the role of web services in web applications
• describe resources and their design in web applications
• describe the HTTP methods and status codes that can be used with REST applications
• describe REST resource collections
• describe a root resource and how to call it in a Java web application
• describe how REST resource methods can be annotated
• describe entity types supported by JAX-RS, Content-Type headers, and how RESTful content is consumed
• describe the parameter types and subresource methods supported by REST resources in Java web applications
• describe application subclasses for RESTful applications and describe the code for a sample application subclass
• describe how to control the response value returned from an HTTP method in a RESTful application
• describe how web service errors can be reported with JAX-RS, how WebException runtime error can be thrown, and how JAX-RS supports the use of Bean Validation
• create a RESTful service to retrieve a collection of images and videos
• create a RESTful service to retrieve and delete an individual media file
• create a RESTful service to add an individual media file to a collection
• describe how to create a Java web client using method chaining, a web target, and invocation builder
• describe how to use the Invocation.Builder synchronous HTTP methods to obtain the response entity and send the request entity
• describe the subclasses of WebException that can be thrown when a response is not obtained by a RESTful client
• describe alternative RESTful clients
• create a Java RESTful client to list a collection of files
• create a Java RESTful client to retrieve and delete individual files
• create a Java RESTful client to add a file to a collection
• configure a RESTful client to invoke a servlet to upload files
• practice configuring RESTful services and clients fo a Java web application