Java EE 8 Essential Training

Course details

Java Enterprise Edition (EE) is a highly scalable—and highly popular—platform that powers systems for modern enterprises ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. In this course, join Kevin Bowersox as he helps you get up and running with Java EE 8. Throughout the course, Kevin showcases how to leverage over a dozen key Java EE technologies to build or maintain complex Java EE systems. Learn about the essential changes introduced in Java EE 8, as well as how to work with key APIs including Java Server Faces (JSF), Java Server Pages (JSP), Context and Dependency Injection (CDI), Security, JSON Binding, and more.

Learning objectives
What's new in Java EE 8?
Installing a Java EE server and JBoss Tools
Working with the Servlet API
Setting up a simple JSP app
Java Server Faces architecture in Java EE 8
Enterprise JavaBeans
Working with CDI
The Java Persistence API
Enhancements within the Bean Validation API
Setting up a JAX-RS project
Changes to how Java EE 8 apps are secured

Concepts

Introduction

The power of Java EE
What you should know
The project

Getting Started with Java EE 8

Java EE 8 platform overview
What's new in Java EE 8
Java EE Server installation
JBoss Tools installation
Wildfly IDE integration

Servlet API

Servlet API overview
Message handling
Servlet basics
Building dynamic responses
Filters
Asynchronous support

Java Server Pages (JSP)

Java Server Pages overview
Parts of a JSP
JSP basics
Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL)
Expression language

Java Server Faces (JSF)

Java Server Faces overview
JSF project setup
JSF basics
Templating
Advanced backing beans
Resources
Displaying data
Navigation

Enterprise Java Beans (EJB)

EJB overview
EJB project setup
EJB basics
EJB clients

Contexts and Dependency Injection (CDI)

CDI overview
CDI project setup
Injection points
Scopes
Qualifiers
Producer methods
Interceptor methods

Java Persistence API (JPA)

JPA overview
JPA project setup
Entity mapping
EntityManager basics
Advanced entity management
Entity associations
Mapping associations

Bean Validation

Bean validation overview
Built-in constraints
Custom validation annotations
Custom constraint validators

JAX-RS

Rest overview
JAX-RS overview
JAX-RS project setup
Creating a resource
JAX-RS client posts
JAX-RS client gets
URI template parameters
Asynchronous features
Reactive features
Server-Sent Events

Java Messaging Service (JMS)

Java Messaging Service overview
Queue setup
JMSProducers
JMSConsumers

WebSocket

WebSocket overview
Server endpoints
JavaScript WebSocket clients
JSF WebSocket support

JSON Binding API (JSON-B)

JSON Binding API
JSON-B project setup
Serialization
Deserialization
JSON-B configuration

JSON Parsing API (JSON-P)

JSON-P overview
Object model reader
Object model builder
Object model writer
Streaming parser events
Streaming parser values
Streaming generator
JSON Patch

Security API

Security API overview
Project setup
Security API demo

Conclusion

Continuing your Java EE learning