Jakarta EE Servlets

Course details

In this course, Kevin Bowersox provides you with an understanding of Jakarta servlets and how they are used to build web-based systems with Java. Kevin covers important topics like: the concepts behind why servlets are used and how they relate to other web frameworks; the key interfaces within the Jakarta EE servlet specification; creating and configuring a project that uses servlet technologies; how to process web requests using servlets; and how to augment web request processing with filters. Plus, he shares common pitfalls to avoid when using servlets.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Jakarta Servlets - Building amazing web-based systems with Java

1. Getting Started with Jakarta Servlets

02 - Developing web-based systems with Servlets
03 - Servlet containers
04 - Standalone vs. embedded containers
05 - Setting up your development environment
06 - Running an embedded container
07 - Installing a standalone Servlet container
08 - H+ Sport project
09 - Running Servlets in a standalone container

2. Handling Web Requests with Servlets

10 - HTTP request messages
11 - Mapping requests to a Servlet
12 - Advanced Servlet mappings
13 - Request handler methods
14 - Obtaining data from query parameters
15 - Obtaining data from the path
16 - Obtaining data from headers
17 - Obtaining form data from the request body
18 - Obtaining JSON data from the request body
19 - Challenge - Handling Servlet requests
20 - Solution - Handling Servlet requests

3. Returning Responses from Servlets

21 - HTTP response messages
22 - Building a response body
23 - Setting response status codes
24 - Returning response headers
25 - Challenge - Creating Servlet responses
26 - Solution - Creating Servlet responses

4. Filtering, Error Handling, and Dispatching in Servlets

27 - Advanced request-handling techniques
28 - Filters
29 - Forwarding requests
30 - Redirecting a request
31 - Handling errors in Servlets

5. Servlet Configuration and Deployment

32 - Configuration with Servlet initialization parameters
33 - Configuration with context parameters
34 - Setting up the host environment
35 - Creating a WAR file
36 - Deploying Servlets to a standalone container

Conclusion

37 - Next steps