Developing Web Applications using JSF Technologies SL-340-EE6

Audience:

• Application Developers
• Developer
• Java Developer
• Java EE Developer

Prerequisites:

• Have a good understanding of the Java Programming Language
• Understand the fundamentals of web applications and HTTP protocol

Objectives:

• Configure JSF within the Web Container
• Design views using JSF and EL
• Design custom components using Facelets
• Design and develop the model using JavaBeans or Pojos
• Integrate external resources such as JPA within Web Application
• Integrate navigation flow/ redirection
• Design web applications using standard architectures, protocols, technologies and components
• Integrate models and views using events
• Validate application data
• Application data conversion
• Identify, Capture, and Resolve Errors
• Test, package and deploy applications
• Implement templates
• Use Ajax with JSF

Topics:

Getting Started with JavaServer Faces

• List common requirements for web applications
• Describe the JSF Web Application framework
• Describe the architecture of the JSF Web Applications
• Describe the development view of a JSF Application
• Walk through a simple JSF web application
• Review the lifecycle of a JSF application
• Create and deploy a simple JSF web application

Designing JSF Pages Using Facelets

• Describe the hierarchy of UI components
• Evaluate the structure of JSF pages
• List the tag libraries supported in Facelets
• Describe the JSF Core Tag Library
• Describe the HTML RenderKit Tag Library
• List common attributes of the HTML tags
• Use common UI components to design Facelets pages

Developing Managed Beans

• Use JSR-299: Context and Dependency Injection (CDI) annotation
• Declare managed beans using annotations
• Bind UI Components with Managed Beans
• Use managed bean scopes, including Flash
• Use the Unified Expression Language (EL)
• Use the faces-config.xml Configuration File
• Configure beans in the faces-config.xml file

Working with Navigation

• Use static and dynamic navigation
• Define implicit navigation in JSF pages
• Configure navigation rules and cases
• Describe the navigation evaluation process
• Create a bookmarkable view

Creating Message Bundles

• Create a message bundle for multiple languages
• Use a message bundle
• Localize an application

Using JSF Templates

• Use the JSF Facelets Tag Library
• Create a template and apply it to multiple pages
• Describe how to use a decorator
• Use the debugging feature built into JSF

Converting and Validating Data

• Describe the data conversion and validation process
• Use standard data converters and validators
• Configure default validators
• Develop and use custom converters and validators
• Work with data conversion and validation error messages
• Use Bean Validation (JSR-303)

Working with Data Tables

• Use a Data Table component
• Use column headers, footers and captions
• Apply styles to Data Table elements
• Customize a data table with a scroll bar
• Enhance a data table with a sort table class

Handling Events

• Describe the JSF Event Model
• Use action and value Change Events
• Register event listeners
• Describe JSF lifecycle events
• List the Event model enhancements in JSF 2.0

Developing Composite Component and Using Ajax

• Describe the concept of composite UI components
• List the elements of a composite component
• Design and implement a composite component
• Attach validators to a composite component
• Use the Facelets AJAX tag to perform field validation

Configuring and Deploying JSF Applications

• Describe JSF Web application stages
• Configure the state maintenance method
• Describe the application configuration loading process
• Install and upgrade JSF implementation for a web container
• Deploy JSF web applications to the web container
• Configure security for JSF Web Applications