J2EE Seminar for Managers (1 day)

Overview of J2EE Development Overview

This course provides a coherent, high-level explanation of the Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE): what sorts of software are created with J2EE; how software is developed for this platform; how it is deployed and put into production; how it can be administered. The course is designed specifically for non-programmers -- analysts, managers, technical writers, and anyone who desires a good conceptual understanding of J2EE while not needing to drill down into the details of particular APIs or runtime specifications. Developers may also find this course quite useful as a starting point for one or more of our courses in specific J2EE technology -- it gives a great sense of the big picture before one dives into the details of Servlets, JSP, EJB, or Java Web services.

The course is presented seminar-style, with no hands-on exercises for students and no need for lab equipment. The instructor demonstrates several sample J2EE applications, including Web applications, EJBs, and Web services, and can go into source code and other details to suit the interests of the audience. But the focus is on architecture, and on boiling down a very complex system to its essential features: code portability, components and containers, declarative development. Students come to understand the roles that various J2EE technologies play in a multi-tier, enterprise application, and acquire the terminology and basic workings of each.

Although the course treats J2EE at a high level, the instructor-operated demonstrations are fully-functioning Web applications, EJB applications, Web services, and so on. It is important that the presenter be well versed in J2EE implementation; that is, instructors for this course should be comfortable with teaching any of our other J2EE courses.

Overview of J2EE Development Course Goals

• Understand the role of J2EE in the development of enterprise software in the Java language.
• Understand how J2EE facilitates integration of Java components with non-Java systems including relational databases, the World Wide Web, message queues, CORBA objects, and Web services.
• Appreciate the importance of the container/component architecture, which gives J2EE servers the ability to take a great deal of grunt-work off of the shoulders of the application.
• Describe how containers are able to provide enterprise features to compliant application components, such as remote connectivity, scalability, availability, security, and transaction support.
• Explain the use of XML for deployment descriptors as a way of reducing programming workload and communicating with the J2EE application server.
• Understand the deployment process and know the general structure of Web, EJB, and enterprise archive files.

Overview of J2EE Development Course Prerequisites

Experience in the following areas is required:

• Some prior experience with business software is assumed, but there are no formal prerequisites for this course.

Overview of J2EE Development Course Outline

1. History and Overview
   1. Structured Programming
   2. Object-Oriented Programming
   3. 4GLs and RAD
   4. Java
   5. J2EE and the Outside World
   6. Versions Upon Versions
2. Concepts
   1. The Virtual Machine and Runtime
   2. How Does It Work?
   3. Containers and Components
   4. Three Containers
   5. Declarative Development
   6. Deployment Descriptors
   7. Remote Connectivity
   8. Scalability
   9. Availability
   10. Security
   11. Transactionality
3. Technology
   1. JDBC
   2. Servlets and JSP
   3. JNDI
   4. The Component Environment
   5. Multi-Tier Applications
   6. EJB
   7. JMS
   8. Web Services
4. Tools, Standards, and Portability
   1. Java IDEs
   2. Web Servers and Containers
   3. Application Servers
   4. Web-Service Engines
   5. Standards and Portability
   6. What Is and Isn't Standardized
   7. Beyond J2EE
5. Development and Administration
   1. Case Study Application
   2. Requirements
   3. Analysis
   4. EJB Analysis
   5. Design
   6. Development Process
   7. Assembling WARs and EJB JARs
   8. Assembling EARs
   9. Verifiers
   10. Deploying an EAR
   11. Code Generation
   12. External Resources
   13. Administrative Tools
   14. Administrative Tasks
   15. Remote Administration and Domains

Overview of J2EE Development Course Materials

Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the programming examples.

Overview of J2EE Development Technical Requirements

Complete Setup Instructions