Core Struts 2.0 Development

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Core Struts 2.0 Development :: [TT-6202]

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code.

TT-6202

length.

3 days

type.

Instructor-Led

partner.

Other Java :: Development :: Trivera

price.

$1,450

Created in collaboration by several leading J2EE and Struts authors and industry experts, this intensive course will give you the skills to design and build scalable, secure, maintainable web applications - leveraging ExitCertified's extensive experience in the delivery of scalable enterprise applications with complex web interfaces based on J2EE technologies. This course provides core Struts 2.0 knowledge that can be used as the foundation for developing production-quality web applications.

Struts 2.0 is the second generation of the open source, Model-View-Controller (MVC) framework developed by The Apache Software Foundation as part of its Jakarta project. Struts 2.0 is built on top of a variety of components and technologies to provide tremendous flexibility and address many lifecycle issues. After reading the first J2EE Blueprints from Sun with their explanation of MVC and how to accomplish it with custom tags, Servlets, and JSP, one can clearly see that Struts 2.0 is a manifestation of Sun's J2EE MVC vision that uses many of the more recent innovations in both Java and J2EE.
Struts 2.0 addresses many major issues by using vanilla POJOs, filters, and other components to build web systems. It solves the problem of controller complexity by removing the workflow logic from the code, and directing workflow in an XML configuration file. Struts 2.0 improves on the limited form support in JSP (and first generation the Struts 1.x framework) by adding numerous capabilities to form processing including easy validation, easy error display, and the refilling of form input on retries from a user's previous entries. It minimizes the complexity of JSP pages by supplying a very extensive and flexible set of custom tag libraries for many of the standard operations needed in JSP pages.
This course will get you up to speed with Struts 2.0 in a very short time. It includes all the important concepts, and hands on labs that will have you building working Struts 2.0 applications in no time flat.

course schedule

There are currently no scheduled dates for this course. If you are interested in this course, request a course date with the links below.

who can benefit

prerequisites

Students should have basic development skills and a working knowledge in the following topics, or attend these courses as a pre-requisite

	Core Java Programming
	Building J2EE Web Applications (Servlets, JSPs, JDBC, Security, etc.)

skills gained

This course provides coverage of all the standard components, filters, renderers, converters, and validators, along with advice on how to use them to create solid applications. Working in a hands-on, lab-intensive environment, students will explore and use complex user interface layouts, prototyping, and integrating templates with back-end model objects. Topics include:

	Understand the problems with vanilla servlets/JSP, and the motivation for the general Struts framework
	Understand MVC and the Struts architecture
	Understand the lessons learned from Struts 1.x and how they influenced Struts 2.0
	Understand the Struts FilterDispatcher, Struts 2.0 views, and resource bundles
	Create & configure applications using Struts 2.0 and the struts.xml file
	Define, implement, and test ActionSupport and Action classes
	Use Struts for form processing
	Handle errors and debug Struts applications
	Utilize the Struts 2.0 XWork validation framework
	Use the value stack to bind objects to a view
	Use the Struts 2.0-related annotations

course overview: hands-on learning

Throughout the course students will be led through a series of progressively advanced topics, where each topic consists of lecture, group discussion, comprehensive hands-on lab exercises, and lab review.

This class is “technology-centric”, designed to train attendees in essential J2EE development skills coupling the most current, effective techniques with the soundest coding practices.

This workshop is about 50% hands-on lab and 50% lecture. Multiple detailed lab exercises are laced throughout the course, designed to reinforce fundamental skills and concepts learned in the lessons. Because these lessons, labs and projects are presented in a building block fashion, students will gain a solid understanding of not only the core concepts, but also how all the pieces fit together in a complete application. At the end of each lesson, developers will be tested with a set of review questions to ensure that he/she has fully understands that topic.

course content details

	Getting Started with Struts 2.0

	Jakarta Struts Project
	MVC and Struts
	Review Filters, Servlets, JSP and Web Applications
	Struts Architecture
	Struts Components: FilterDispatcher, Interceptors, Actions, and Results

	Your First Struts Application

	Struts 2.0 components
	Configuring web.xml
	Configuring structs.xml: package, results, exceptions, and actions
	Action implementation
	Adding basic view components

	Validation and Interceptors

	XWork validation framework
	Implementing validation
	Type conversion
	Interceptor role
	Using interceptors

	Mapping the Model to the View

	Review using Custom Tags
	Introducing Struts Tags
	Generic Tags
	UI Tags
	Themes and Templates
	Tag Reference
	Ajax Tags
	ValueStack technology
	OGNL for type conversion

	Localization and I18n

	Locales
	Formatting Messages
	Resource Bundles
	Internationalization
	Tags
	I18n Interceptor

	Putting It All Together

	Create the Application
	Actions
	Searching
	Prepopulating Forms
	Validating forms
	Showing and Editing Error Massages
	Handling Exceptions
	Add/Edit/Delete Listing

	Advanced Topics (Optional)

	Action Chaining
	Dependency Injection
	Testing
	Using Annotations
	Performance Tuning
	Plugins
	Migration of Struts 1.x applications to Struts 2.x

	Working with the Tiles Custom Library (Optional)

	Defining templates
	Using put and insert
	Advanced tile features (optional lesson)

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