Advanced JEE Web Application Development (TagLibs and JSTL)

Duration:	2 days
Type:	advanced

Description

This is an advanced JEE course which covers the creation of JSP Tag Libraries and the JSTL. Delegates learn how to create complex web based interfaces whilst keeping their server pages clean and maintainable.

Prerequisites

Delegates must be experienced in standard JEE Web Application development using JSP's and Servlets.

List of Modules

Introduction to Tag Library Development

Writing Tag Library Descriptors (TLD's)

Introducing the tag extension API

How Jasper uses your tag classes in Tomcat

The Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL)

Installing the JSTL in your container

Using the conditional and iteration tags

Formatting dates and numbers

Actions to hide XML and JDBC code

Unit Testing Tag Libraries with TagUnit

Installing the TagUnit testing tool

Tests automatically written by the tool

Writing your own unit tests for tags

Creating a comprehensive test suite

Basic Tag Library Development

Creating simple custom actions

Creating actions with content

Interacting with the built in JSP objects

Nesting actions inside one another

Advanced Tag Library Development

Introducing Tag Extra Info classes

Adding extra variables to the JSP

Adding validation of tag attributes

Actions that interact with arbitrary code

Tag Library Development in JSP 2.0

Introducing Tag Files

Creating and deploying Tag Files

Extra directives used in Tag Files

Extra actions used in Tag Files