Java Web Application Development Programme

• Java technology overview
  • Components that make up the Java programming language
  • Java Features
  • Java development tools
  • Different deployment architectures
  • Java language syntax
  • Construct statements in Java
• Compiling and Running a Simple Program
  • Java Platform
  • Setting Up Your Computer
  • Writing a Program
  • Compiling the Program
  • Interpreting and Running the Program
• Basics I: Flow Control in Java
  • Decision making flows
    • if-else blocks
    • switch-case blocks
  • Iterative flows
    • while loop
    • do-while loop
    • for loop
• Java development environment
  • Java runtime environment and modern JDK distribution
  • JDK
  • JVM
  • Classpath
  • Path
• Object Oriented Programming using Java
  • Class, method, properties
  • Creating Objects
  • Constructors
  • Constructor Overloading
  • Method Overloading
  • The this keyword
  • Packages
  • Access specifiers
  • import keyword
  • Life Cycle of an Object
  • Java memory management
  • Garbage Collection
• Inheritance and Polymorphism
  • Inheritance in Java
  • Inheriting classes
  • Overriding methods
  • Creating Abstract classes, interfaces and methods
• Other Class Features
  • Create static variables, methods, and initializers
  • Create final classes, methods, and variables
  • Create and use enumerated types
  • Use the static import statement
  • Arrays of primitives
  • Arrays of objects
  • Enhanced for loop
• Classes in Java
  • Object class
  • Overview of java.lang and java.util packages
  • String class
  • Date class
  • Calendar class
  • StringBuffer class
  • Using string classes
  • Scanner
• Exceptions / Error Handling
  • Define exceptions
  • Use try, catch, throw, throws and finally statements
  • Describe exception categories
  • User Defined exceptions
• Collections and Generics Framework
  • Collections framework
  • Legacy collection classes
  • Comparable and Comparator interfaces
  • Use generic collections
  • Use type parameters in generic classes
• I/O Fundamentals
  • Command-line arguments
  • Properties class
  • Serialize and deserialize objects
  • Distinguish readers and writers from streams
  • Describe files and file I/O
• Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
  • Introduction to JDBC API
  • Understanding JDBC Interfaces
• Connection
• Statement
• PreparedStatement
• CallableStatement
• ResultSet
  • Create, Read, Update & Delete Queries
  • Fetching of results
• Assessment

Date/Calendar and legacy collections are compatibility context; current date/time APIs are compared where appropriate. Use parameterised JDBC queries and carefully controlled serialization examples.

• HTML5 Overview
  • History of HTML5
  • The HTML5 vision
  • HTML living-standard specifications and their development
  • What is part of HTML5?
• Using HTML5 Today
  • When can I use these features?
  • Using HTML5 in browsers that do not support it
    • Detecting native availability of HTML5 features
    • Emulation
• HTML5 Markup
  • HTML5 page structure
  • HTML5 DOCTYPE
  • HTML5 markup
    • Structural elements
    • Semantic elements
  • Deprecated elements
• HTML5 Forms
  • HTML5 form elements
  • Building and using HTML5 forms
• HTML5 Audio and Video
  • The audio and video elements
  • Understanding audio and video
  • Audio and video containers
  • Audio and video codecs
• HTML5 Geo-location
  • Geo-location overview
  • User Privacy
• Location information sources
• CSS3
  • CSS selectors
  • Borders
  • Rounded corners
  • Drop shadows
  • Backgrounds
  • Text effects
  • Adding shadows to text
  • Colours and Opacity
  • RGBA and HSL values and alpha channel opacity
  • Setting opacity
  • Transitions and transforms
  • Using transitions
  • Using transforms
  • UI Properties
  • Appearance
  • Box-sizing
  • Resize
  • Outline-offset
  • Generated Content Properties
  • Content
  • Media Queries
• HTML and a compatible supported jQuery version
• HTML5 Canvas and SVG
  • Overview
    • Canvas vs. SVG
    • Canvas coordinates
    • Context
    • Pixel data
• HTML5 Storage
  • Overview
    • Local Storage
    • Session Storage
• HTML5 IndexedDB
  • Overview
    • ObjectStore
    • Transaction
    • CRUD Operations
• HTML5 Offline Web Applications
  • Offline Applications Overview
    • Service worker and cache strategy; historical AppCache manifest comparison
    • Online and Offline Events
• JavaScript
  • Introduction to JavaScript
  • Data Types
  • JavaScript dynamic typing and typeof operator
  • Variables
  • Operators
  • == and === difference
  • parsers
  • Conditional/ Looping Constructs
  • Arrays
  • JSON
  • String, Date, Number, Math objects
  • undefined, null and NaN distinctions
  • Functions :
    • Syntax
    • Arguments
    • Return values
    • Variable scope
    • Named functions
    • Function expression
    • Closures
  • JavaScript Built-In Objects
    • window
    • document
    • history
    • location
    • navigator
  • Regular Expressions
  • JavaScript Http Requests
  • Web Storage
    • Local
    • Session
    • Cookies
  • DOM Traversal
    • querySelector
    • querySelectorAll

HTML uses a living standard and feature detection. Offline application exercises use supported service-worker/cache approaches rather than an AppCache manifest.

UX and dashboard communication

• UX Fundamentals
• Implementation strategies for better user experience;
  • Prioritization Matrix
  • Define centralized Metrics
  • Test and Scalability
• Principles of human perception in relation to different visualizations
• Data Classification and Representation
  • Data Classification
  • Encoding with examples
  • Encoding with colors and order
  • Designer Guidelines
• Principles of user psychology and Behavior
• Dashboarding and communication
• Compare current compatible Cognos Analytics, Power BI and Qlik capabilities
  • UI Best Practise across BI Tools
  • Hands-on Power BI or Qlik
  • Collaboration and communication with multiple teams spread across
• Advanced-chart and extension examples in the selected BI environment; legacy Cognos10/11 context
• Actionable ways for improving existing dashboards
  • Will be done with Instructor Lab Examples

BI products are compared using compatible available versions; hands-on work selects Power BI or Qlik rather than mastering every named product/version.

• JSP & Servlets
• JavaEE history and current JakartaEE web concepts
  • Review Web Development Concepts
  • Review History of Server-Side Development
• Creating JSP Pages
  • Basic syntax
  • Using JSTL
  • Using Unified Expression Language (EL)
• Processing JSP Pages
  • Request/response processing
  • Validating, transforming, encapsulating and manipulating data
  • Managing application and user state data with Sessions and Cookies
  • Handling application and HTTP errors
• Design Patterns
  • Model-View-Controller
  • Front Controller
  • Business Delegate
• Servlets
  • Creation and usage
  • Filters, Listeners, and Servlet Mappings
  • Asynchronous servlets
  • Web service endpoint
• Web Application Security
  • JSON-P
  • Testing and Validating Web Application
  • Packaging for Production Deployment

Current Jakarta namespaces, container versions and template/tag-library versions must match. JavaEE naming is historical migration context. JSON-P is a JSON-processing API, not an authentication control.

• Introduction to Hibernate
  • Benefits of Hibernate as ORM Framework
  • Architecture of Hibernate Framework
  • Understanding Persistence lifecycle Getting started with Hibernate ORM quickly
  • Mapping tables to beans
  • Mapping properties to columns
  • Setting up the user POJO object
  • Create a simple CRUD Application using Hibernate ORM Relationships
  • Simple Association (one to one)
  • Basic Collection mapping (one-to-many)
  • Simple unidirectional mapping (many-to-one)
  • Collection (many to many)
  • Relationship mapping examples: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one and many-to-many
  • Working with queries
  • Named queries
  • Examples: Using queries and named queries Transaction Support • Local transaction, global transaction
  • Transaction API
  • Isolation levels
  • Examples: Using Transaction API
  • Locking Examples
  • Examples: Implementing optimistic locking with versioning
• More mapping concepts
  • Type system
  • Mapping collections of value types
  • Three ways to map inheritance
  • Examples: Re-implementing roles as a typed collection
  • Examples: Re-implementing Employee as a separate table
  • Working with compound keys
  • Examples: Working with compound keys Advanced Queries
  • Working with the Query API
  • Working with Binding Parameters
  • Grouping
  • Sub-queries
  • Optimizing queries
  • Native SQL queries
  • Examples: Using advanced query support
  • Examples: Using native SQL query support Spring support for ORM and Hibernate ORM Framework
  • Spring Introduction
  • How spring simplifies Hibernate ORM framework development
  • Legacy HibernateTemplate comparison and current Hibernate/JPA integration
  • Using spring DAO support
  • Using spring's transaction support
  • Using spring DAOs
  • Using declarative transactions
  • Examples: Spring DAO Injection Caching Support
  • Caching Overview
  • Caching Architecture
  • API to control cache
  • Compatible cache-provider examples, including Ehcache
• Spring Web MVC
  • Overview
  • Creating Spring Web MVC project
  • Configure JSP, JSTL and Thymeleaf
  • The Model object
  • The ModelMap object
  • The ModelAndView object
  • Read URI path variables
  • Read query string parameters
  • Read Form Data with @ModelAttribute
  • JSON
• Aspect Oriented Programming
  • Overview
  • Decoupling Repositories from Controllers
  • AspectJ Dependencies and .pom / Spring Bean Configuration
  • Working with Spring Profiles
  • Spring AOP Hands-on
    • Aspect, Advice,
    • Pointcut,
    • JoinPoint,
    • Annotations,
    • XML Configuration
  • Best Practices for Logging

Use current compatible Hibernate/JPA and Spring integration. Older HibernateTemplate/DAO examples are legacy context; choose current session/EntityManager and declarative transaction approaches for the prepared exercises.

• Project creation using supported Spring tooling/Initializr or a compatible CLI.
• POM, starters, application entry point and test structure.
• Auto-configuration, properties/YAML, external/custom settings and multiple configuration files.
• Embedded server choices and version compatibility.
• Data access with Spring Data JPA/Hibernate; service and REST controller layers.
• Spring Security integration, logging and actuator health/metrics.

• Introduction and History of AWS, Azure, GCP, DO
• Foundational Services
• Security, Identity, and Access Management
• Databases: RDS, DynamoDB
• Management Tools

Compare provider-specific services and responsibility boundaries at an introductory level.

Apply the programme’s development concepts in a supervised application project.