Introduction to JSP Programming

Length: 2 days
CourseID: jsp

Prerequisites:

Participants should have experience developing java applications. Students should be comfortable writing HTML web pages and have a basic understanding of HTTP as the transport protocol.

Overview:

JSPs are Java’s answer to Active Server Pages written in Java. In the J2EE web application, they fulfill the model component of the Model View Controller design pattern. The student will design, develop and deploy J2EE compliant web applications in this class. Along with developing HTML content, the student will be pulling data from relational databases using JDBC.

Objectives:

Develop simple JSP Pages

Use basic JSP Elements to develop dynamic pages

Integrate JSPs with Relational Databases

Include and forward Requests to other JSP Pages

Develop a useful Tag Library

Maintain client state with the use of Cookies

Maintain state with the use of the Session Object

Chapters:

Introduction to J2EE

What is Java?	What is J2EE?
The J2EE Architecture	Servlets and JSPs
Enterprise Java Beans	Application Server

Java Server Pages (JSP)

JSP Introduction	HTTP protocol
Simple JSP	JSP Expressions <%=
Declarations <%!, Scriptlets <%

Advanced JSP

Page attributes	Page Import
JSP Implicit Objects	out
response	Handling Form Data

JSP State

Cookies Introduction	Retrieving Cookies
Setting Cookies	Cookie Alternatives
Encoding the URL	Using the Session Object

JavaBeans and JSPs

What is a JavaBean	Using a JavaBean
Setting Javabean Properties

JSP Error Handling

Default JSP Exception behavior	Error Page
Using the Exception Object	Using the Error Page
Alternatives to ErrorPage

JSP Tag Libraries

Introduction to Tag Libraries	Tag Library Components
The TLD File	The implementation Class
The JSP File	Deployment