Teaching Guidelines for
Web-based Java Programming
Diploma in Advanced Computing (e-DAC)
May 2021
Duration: 42 theory hours + 38 lab hours (80 hours)
Objective: To learn advanced concepts in java programming, and perform web Programming using Java.
Prerequisites: Knowledge of core Java programming.
Evaluation: Total 100 marks
Weightage: Theory exam – 40%, Lab exam – 40%, Internal exam – 20%
Text Book:
Core and Advanced Java Black Book / Dreamtech Press
References:
Servlet and JSP: A Tutorial by Budi Kurniawan / Brainy Software
Spring in Action by Craig Walls / Manning Publications
Advanced Java programming by Uttam K Roy / Oxford University press
Sun Certified Enterprise Architect for Java EE Study Guide by Mark Cade & Humphrey Sheil /
Pearson Education
Professional Java EE Design Patterns by Murat Yener, Alex Theedom & Reza Rahman / Wrox
(Note: Each Session is of 2 hours)
Sessions 1 & 2
Lecture:
J2EE Overview
J2EE Container
Packaging Web applications
J2EE compliant web application
Deployment tools.
Web application life cycle
Deploying web applications.
Web Services Support
JDBC & Transaction Management
Introduction to JDBC API
JDBC Architecture
JDBC Drivers
JDBC Classes & Interfaces: Driver, Connection, Statement, PreparedStatement, ResultSet and
their relationship to provider implementations
Stored procedures and functions Invocation
SQL Injection overview and prevention
Design Pattern: Data Access Object Pattern
Lab (2 hrs):
Perform database CRUD operations using JDBC classes and interfaces.
Sessions 3, 4 & 5
Lecture:
Servlets: Dynamic Content Generation
Advantages of Servlets over CGI
Servlet Life cycle
Servlet API & Deployment
Servlet Annotations
The Servlet interface
The HttpServlet, HttpServletRequest, HttpServletResponse
Exception Handling
Servlet, DAO, POJO DB Layers
Session
Session Management
Session Tracking with
o Cookies
o HttpSession
Request Dispatcher
Page Navigation
Complete Case study Servlet Based
Lab:
Installing a servlet container (Tomcat)
Adding Server to IDE
Develop a structured dynamic web application (e.g. Library Management System) using servlets,
deploy it in Tomcat
Use HTTP Session in the Air Ticket Reservation System
Reading: Know more about the HTTP protocol at www.w3c.org
Tutorial: Compare which way of session tracking is better Cookies or HttpSession.
Sessions 6 & 7:
Lecture
JSP: Separating UI from Content generation code
MVC architecture
Design Pattern: MVC Pattern
Life cycle of a JSP page
Directives, Implicit and Explicit Objects, Scriptlets, Expressions, Expression Language
Scope
JSP Error Page handling
JSTL
Lab:
Separate UI code from the controller code in your Library Management System by incorporating
JSP and Servlets.
Complete the implementation of Air Ticket Reservation System.
Implement MVC based web application using Servlet, JSP
Sessions 8, 9 & 10:
Lecture:
Hibernate Framework
o Introduction to Hibernate Framework
o Architecture
Hibernate in IDE
o Creating web application using Hibernate API
o Lifecycle of Hibernate Entities
HB with annotation example
Hibernate Mappings and Relationships
Collection and Component Mapping
HQL, Named Queries, Criteria Queries
Lab:
Demonstrate Hibernate as standalone library in Java application
Develop a web application (Online Bookshop) using Hibernate Persistence
Reading: Study Hibernate architecture from www.hibernate.org/docs
Sessions 11, 12 & 13:
Lecture:
What is Spring Framework
Overview of Spring Architecture
Spring MVC architecture
Spring Modules Overview
Understanding Spring 4 annotations (Basic Introduction)
What is IoC (Inversion of Control)
IOC container
Dependency Injection
Spring Beans
Autowiring Beans
Bean Scopes
Spring MVC
Model, Model & View, HandlerMapping, ViewResolver
Design Pattern: Front Controller Pattern
Spring MVC Web application with JSP views (without Spring Boot)
Using Thymleaf as alternate View Technology (only introduction)
Spring Validations
Spring i18n, Localization, Properties
File Upload example
Lab:
Design and deploy Library Management System using Spring Web
Session 14 & 15:
Lecture:
Spring Boot essentials
Why Spring boot
Spring Boot Overview
Basic Introduction of MAVEN
Building Spring Web application with Boot
Spring Boot in detail (Use Spring Boot for all demo & assignments here onwards)
Running a web application using Spring Boot with CRUD (with Static Data not DB)
Spring Data JDBC
Lab:
Create Hello World Spring Boot Web application
Check Libraries importedby Spring Boot
Create Spring Boot CRUD application with Thymeleaf as View technology and Spring JDBC
Sessions 16 & 17:
Lecture:
Spring Data Module
Spring Data JPA (Repository support for JPA)
CrudRepository & JPARepository
Query methods
Using custom query (@Query)
Lab:
Add CRUD operations with Spring JPA etc. to earlier Spring Web application.
Sessions 18:
Lecture:
Spring AOP
AOP Overview
Spring AOP
AOP Terminology and annotations: Advice, Join Points, Pointcuts, Aspects
Lab:
Modify earlier Spring MVC application to Log all the requests using AOP
Sessions 19 & 20:
Lecture:
Building REST services with Spring
Introduction to web services
SOAP Vs RESTful web services
RESTful web service introduction
Create RESTful web service in java using Spring Boot
RESTful web service JSON example
RESTful web service CRUD example
Using POSTMAN client to invoke REST API’s
REST service invocation using REST Template
Lab:
Create REST API for Employee Management using Spring Boot
Invoke it from POSTMAN app
Invoke it from another Spring Boot Web application using REST Template
Session 21:
Lecture + Lab: (2 hrs)
Testing in Spring
Unit Testing of Spring MVC Controllers:
Unit Testing of Spring Service Layer
Integration Testing of Spring MVC Applications: REST API
Unit Testing Spring MVC Controllers with REST
