1. Jboss State of the Union

Introduction to Professional Open Source
methodology and to JBoss Inc.'s role in leading the innovation of Open
Source
middleware development. Short introduction to JBoss Inc. service
offerings,
current product roadmaps, JBoss Enterprise Middleware System (JEMS) and
the
road ahead.

2. JEMS Web Tier Architecture Overview

This module introduces you to
JBoss
for Java Developers training. We cover the different technologies
available in the
JBoss Enterprise Middleware Stack (JEMS) for web tier, and how they
relate to
each other. Architecture overview into JBoss Portal, JavaServer Faces,
Portlet
specification, integration with Servlet and JSP specifications and
Tomcat
configuration and tuning.

3. Installing and Configuring JBoss Portal

This section gets you started on JBoss portal.
You will learn how to quickly get up and running with
JBoss Portal and JBoss AS and how to do basic configuration of the Portlet container,
setting up different databases, etc.

4. Portlet Overview

In this module we introduce the Portlet specification, and how portlet components differ from servlet components. We discover portlet
window states, portlet modes, personalization, portlet web integration and caching. Also
we learn how to create portlets that target specific devices, for example WAP enabled phones.

5. Portlet Programming Model

This module introduces the basics of Portlet API. We learn how to write our own portlet implementations and how to package
them, what deployment descriptors are required and how to deploy your
portlet to JBoss Portal implementation.

6. Portlet Interaction with Servlets and JSP

In this module we learn how to integrate portlet components with existing servlet and JSP applications.
We look at JBoss Portal integration options to existing Struts, Spring MVC and JSF applications.

7. User and Group Management

This module teaches you have to manage users and groups with JBoss Portal. We'll see how user registration is handled
and how to create/edit user profiles and user groups.

8. Personalization

This section covers Portlet personalization features - how to
use portlet API to manage portlet preferences and user attributes.

9. Localization and Security

This module introduces you to two important
features of portlet development - how to localize the content on your web portal
and how to configure and enable authentication and authorization of users
accessing portlets through JBoss Portal. We will see how JBoss Portal
integrates with JBoss JAAS based security framework to enable pluggable authentication
modules (for example, authentication from LDAP), how to enable single sign-on
and group permissions with JBoss Portal.

10. Java Server Faces for Application Developers

This module introduces you to
the new Java Server Faces specification. We will look at JSF mainly from
the point of view of an Application Developer. We will learn how to write a
simple JSF application, explore the JSF component and navigation model and how to
bind presentation, JavaBean and validation into user interface applications.
We will also see in practice how to use JSF to build your portlets.

11. Advanced Servlet and JSP

In this module we cover the new, advanced
features of both Servlet 2.4 specification and Java Server Pages 2.0
specification. The goal is to get experienced web tier developers
updated on the changes in these relevant specifications. We cover changes in servlet
filters, the new JSP expression language and migration from JSP 1.2 to 2.0 among other things.

12. Tomcat Architecture

In this module we cover an architectural
overview into Tomcat Servlet container. We introduce architectural elements such as
valves, connectors and realms, cover different specification support associated
with each major Tomcat release and look into the internal Tomcat Servlets for introduction.

13. Tomcat Connectors

Containers and Valves. In this module we look at the
options available to extend the web container via custom connectors and
valves. We will go through the standard Tomcat connectors including HTTP/HTTPS
and AJP13 and look at standard valve implementations, including access
logging and single sign-on.

14. JEMS Web Tier Clustering

In this final section we will have a quick
introduction into more advanced features of JBoss Portal and Tomcat
containers. We will see how to enable clustered single sign-on, how to enable
clustering for portlets, configuring the underlying cache for portlet container, etc.

Track:

Part of The JBoss Enterprise Framework Platform curriculum, which includes:

• JB163 JBoss Portal
• JB267 JBoss: Advanced Hibernate
• JB439 JBoss Clustering
• JB449 JBoss jBPM
• JB451 JBoss Rules
• JB453 JBoss ESB
• MM157 MetaMatrix Introduction

Prerequisites:

The prerequisite skills for this class are basic J2EE Web Container (Servlet/JSP) programming skills and some experience with J2EE Web-based and multi-tier application deployments on the JBoss Application Server in conjunction with the Tomcat container (whether embedded with Apache or integrated with the JBoss Application server). The student should have development experience with the following technologies:

• JNDI
• The Servlet 2.3/2.4 API
• The JSP 2.0 API
• J2EE application development and deployment on the JBoss Application Server
• Deployment of a Web Application on embedded (stand alone) Tomcat or on integrated Tomcat (JBossWeb)