Struts Training: Introduction to Jakarta Struts

Course Number: STRT-100
GSA/Previous Course Number: 230
Duration: 5 days
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Struts Training Overview

Jakarta Struts is the most popular and powerful framework for developing JSP applications. In this Struts training class, experienced Java™ developers learn how to use Struts and the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern to build scalable, maintainable data-driven Web applications.

Note: This Struts training class can be easily expanded to cover additional, advanced content. Please contact us for more information.

Location and Pricing

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Struts Training Prerequisites

All attendees must have attended Accelebrate's Beginning Java with Servlets & JSP training, or have equivalent real-world experience.

Hands-on/Lecture Ratio

This Java Struts training class is 70% hands-on, 30% lecture, with the longest lecture segments lasting for 20 minutes.

Struts Training Materials

All Java Struts training students receive a copy of Osborne's Struts: The Complete Reference and related course material.

Software Needed on Each Student PC

Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, or Windows 7
Java SE SDK, version 1.5.0 or later (downloadable from http://java.sun.com/j2se/downloads.html)
Tomcat 5.0.16 or later (from http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/)
Additional software - please contact us for a detailed setup sheet

Note: This outline presumes that Apache Tomcat will be used to execute the servlets and JSPs in this class. However, all code taught will run on any Java platform, including SunONE, BEA WebLogic, and IBM WebSphere. If preferred, one of these platforms can be used as the test server during class.

Struts Training Objectives

To teach attendees the mechanics of the Jakarta Struts framework, the most popular framework for building JSP applications
To facilitate understanding of the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern and how it is best applied to Java Web development
To teach students how to follow proper Struts architecture processes in building their Struts applications

Struts Training Outline

Struts Architecture

MVC and Model 2
Command Pattern
Jakarta Struts
More XML, Less Java!
Action Mappings
JavaBeans in Struts
Working with Forms
Validation
Presentation Technology
Tiles

Action Mappings

Command Pattern for Web Applications
ActionServlet
Action and ActionMapping
Struts Configuration
Selecting a Forward
Global Forwards
Declarative Exception Handling
Global Exception Handlers

Forms

Working with HTML Forms
Action Forms a/k/a Form Beans
Relationship to Input
Relationship to Actions
Relationship to the Model
Relationship to Output
DynaActionForm and Map-Backed Forms
Validation
Coarse-Grained Form Beans

Struts Tag Libraries

Building View Components
Struts Tag Libraries
Attributes and Struts Expressions
Building Forms
<html:form>
<html:text> et. al.
Forms and Form Beans
Scope and Duration of Form Data
Managing Hyperlinks
Error Messages
Logic Tags

The JSP Standard Tag Library

JSTL Overview
JSP Expression Language
Core Tags
Formatting Tags
XML Tags
SQL Tags
Mixing JSTL, EL, Scripts and Actions
Indexed Properties and Struts HTML Forms

Internationalization and Localization

i18n in Java
i18n in Actions
i18n in JSTL
i18n in Validation

Input Validation

Validation in Web Applications
Validation in Struts
The Struts Validator Plug-In
Validating ActionForm Subtypes
Configuring Validation
Standard Validators
Rules
The ActionMessages Class
Is <html:form> Necessary?
Reporting Errors
Multi-Page Validation
Client-Side Validation
Limitations on the Client Side
Implementing a Validator
Implementing ActionForm.validate
Mapping-Based Validation

Advanced Configuration

Struts Configuration in Depth
Wildcards
Extensions
The Configuration Object Model
Subclasses and <set-property>
Plug-Ins
Integrating Other Frameworks
Role-Based Security
Chaining Actions
The ComposableRequestProcessor Class
Configuring Command Chains
Modules

Under the Hood

Global ObjectsSpecialized Struts Actions
The Utility Package
The Commons BeanUtils Class
Form Beans as Adapters to the Business Tier
Reusing Validation Rules
Graceful Validation

Tiles

Consistent Look and Feel
Reusable Layouts and Content
The Tiles Framework
Instantiating Layouts
Body-Wrap Insertions
Tiles and Stylesheets
Working with Tiles Attributes
The Tiles Context
Definitions
Aggregation and Inheritance
The Tiles Plug-In
Forwarding to Definitions
Performance Considerations

Conclusion

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