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Java for Web Developers Workshop - A 3 Day Course

Synopsis

This 3 day workshop will teach you about the capabilities of servlets, their advantages over CGI, the Servlet architecture, JDBC, session management and security. You will learn about JSP syntax, deployment, and application models, how to use Java as a scripting language, and how to build robust and capable web applications using Servlets, JSPs and JavaBeans.

Students will leave this course armed with the skills they require to understand server side Java, develop Servlets to process HTML forms and generate dynamic content, and understand and learn how to create JSPs. Developers will also learn to:

  • Leverage many of the most popular open source tools to accelerate web development
  • Allow Servlets to cooperate and share data
  • Store and process Session Information
  • Deal with concurrency issues
  • Generate dynamic content from a data model
  • Access a database from a web application using JDBC
  • Implement Security
  • Test web applications

Suitable for

  • Java Programmers
  • Java Architects

Prerequisites

  • Completion of Java Programming course or equivalent knowledge
  • Completion of J2EE course or equivalent knowledge

Contents

Web Architecture Fundamentals

  • HTTP servlets
  • HTTP requests
  • HTML basics
  • The Java web container

Web Application Architecture

  • View patterns
  • The MVC architecture
  • Layering an application

HTTP Servlets

  • Servlets
  • Writing a basic HTTP servlet
  • Form processing
  • Controlling client behaviour
  • Sessions and cookies
  • Understanding scope

JavaServer Pages

  • Introduction to JSP
  • Basic JSP syntax
  • Implicit objects
  • Actions and JavaBeans
  • Accessing the model

Web Applications

  • Understanding web applications
  • Configuring web applications (web.xml in depth)
  • Overview of security
  • Form based security
  • Basic authentications
  • Programmatic security

Custom Tags

  • Introduction to custom tags
  • An example: DisplayTag
  • Developing simple custom tags
  • Developing advanced custom tags
  • Tag library listeners and validators
  • An overview of JSTL

Tools for Web App Development

  • The Eclipse IDE
  • The Tomcat web container
  • Oracle's OC4J web container

Java training UK enquiries

UK Training enquiries and feedback form.

Java training UK prices

For publicly scheduled training (individual places), see our UK training schedule.

In-house training for company groups is charged at a daily rate per group — see our In-House UK Training Guidelines.

Publicly Scheduled Training Locations

We currently run public training courses in the following locations:

  • London, UK
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK
  • Birmingham, West Midlands, UK
  • Carshalton, Surrey, UK
  • Chester, North West, UK
  • Coventry, West Midlands, UK
  • Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
  • Glasgow, Scotland, UK
  • Harwell, Oxfordshire, UK
  • Manchester, North West, UK
  • Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK
  • Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK
  • Reading, Berkshire, UK
  • Slough, Berkshire, UK
  • Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK
  • Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK
  • Wokingham, Berkshire, UK

Most UK public training courses are available on a monthly basis.

Please see the individual course outlines or our public training schedule for details.

In-house (on-site) training locations

We deliver in-house courses at client premises and/or training facilities in any part of the world which is practically and commercially accessible.

Our In-house training guidelines outline our basic requirements and our UK pricing structure. To estimate costs for training in other countries, simply convert to your local currency and then make a rough calculation of our tutor's costs for travelling to and staying at your location.


West Yorkshire Office

GBdirect Ltd
Training Division
Bradford Design Exchange
34 Peckover Street
BRADFORD
BD1 5BD
West Yorkshire
United Kingdom

training@gbdirect.co.uk

Training: 0800 651 0338
General: +44 (0)870 200 7273
Finance: +44 (0)1353 615 174

Please call between 0900 and 1700 (UK time) on Monday to Friday


South East Regional Office

GBdirect Ltd
Training Division
18 Lynn Rd
ELY
CB6 1DA
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom

training@gbdirect.co.uk

Training: 0800 651 0338
General: +44 (0)870 200 7273
Finance: +44 (0)1353 615 174

Please call between 0900 and 1700 (UK time) on Monday to Friday


Please note:
Non-training enquiries should be directed, initially, to our UK national office in Bradford (West Yorkshire), even if the enquiry concerns services delivered in London or South/East England. Clients in London and the South East will typically be handled by staff working in the London or Cambridge areas.