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Ajax for Java Developers Training in Madison, Wisconsin

This is a 4-day course that covers the emerging Ajax technology, with a focus on developing Ajax applications using Java on the server side.

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What you'll learn

This is a 4-day course that covers the emerging Ajax technology, with a focus on developing Ajax applications using Java on the server side. The course starts with a fairly comprehensive coverage of basic JavaScript. The coverage includes some of the techniques for creating modules and doing Object-Oriented style programming in JavaScript, because Ajax uses JavaScript so heavily, and it's important that developers have some idea of how to write good JavaScript. This is not a thorough coverage of JavaScript - that is beyond the scope of the course. Students have enough so that they can write Ajax programs using JavaScript, and have some good foundations for doing it well. The course moves on to basic server side techniques for handling Ajax requests. Starting with a simple servlet, and then moving on to a Servlet/JSP combination. Then we go back to the client side to cover some of the major libraries that are in use today. Several libraries are represented, but your favorite may not be there due to time constraints. Detailed coverage of Dojo is not included because it's only just recently stabilized. The course then moves on to more advanced techniques using JSON, XML, Direct Web Remoting, and JSF to create Ajax based Web applications. This takes the student to the next level in writing Ajax applications. Finally some general design and security issues are covered.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of HTML and JavaScript and practical Java and Servlet/JSP programming experience.

Course Outline

Overview of Ajax

What are Rich Internet Applications?

What is Ajax?

Ajax, JavaScript, and DHTML

How Ajax Works

Overview of Ajax Technologies

Basics of JavaScript for Browsers

JavaScript and DHTML Overview

Using JavaScript in an HTML Page

Basic JavaScript Programming

Functions in JavaScript

Debugging JavaScript

Accessing HTML Elements and Modifying with innerHTML

XMLHttpRequest

The XMLHttpRequest Object

Using XMLHttpRequest

Working with Browser Differences

Your First Ajax Application

Using Ajax Data to Modify the Page

Using Servlets and JSP with Ajax

Servlet/JSP Overview

Handling Ajax Requests

Returning Data to Ajax Requests

Using JSP pages to generate Ajax data

More JavaScript for Ajax

Browser Events

Using Ajax with Browser Events

Using Built-in Objects

Objects and Arrays in JavaScript

Objects as Function Arguments

Defining Classes in JavaScript

Defining Modules and Namespaces in JavaScript

Client-Side Ajax Frameworks

Overview - Prototype, Dojo, script.aculo.us and others

Prototype Overview

Using Prototype ($(), Ajax.Request)

script.aculo.us Overview

Using script.aculo.us Ajax autocompleter

Servlet/JSP (server-side) Generation of Data

Dojo Toolkit Overview

YUI (Yahoo User Interface Toolkit) Overview

Google Maps and Google Ajax Search API Overview

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

CSS Overview

Defining and Using Styles and Style Sheets

Using CSS to Customize Ajax Data Display

Session 8: JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)

JSON Overview

JSON Data Structure

Objects and Arrays in JSON

Creating/Working with JSON on the Server using Java

Working with JSON in the browser

Other JSON Tools Overview

XML and Ajax

XML Overview

XML - The x in Ajax

Working with XML on the browser

Generating XML data on the server with Java

Using HTML vs Using XML vs Using JSON

Direct Web Remoting (DWR

Overview - Invoking Java via Ajax

DWR Architecture

Invoking Java Functions From the Browser

Registering Callbacks

Additional Capabilities

Overview of other technologies (JSON-RPC, Google Web Toolkit - GWT)

Ajax and JavaServer Faces (JSF)

JSF Overview

JSF and Ajax

Demo Lab: Using Ajax with JSF

Patterns and Best Practices

JavaScript Best Practices

State of Ajax

Ajax Design Patterns

Ajax Security Issues

Other Ajax Issues

Recap of Ajax Technologies and Their Uses

Future Directions

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