Struts 2 Training Course UK

Struts 2 Training Course Overview

Course Code:	JAV0060
Price:	£1995
Duration:	4 Days - custom / on-site options available - please call.
Date:
Who should attend:	Experienced Java programmers who require the skills to develop Web Based applications using the Struts 2 framework.
Prerequisite Skills:	Programming experience with Java is essential. Knowledge of internet technologies helpful (e.g. JSP, Servlets, HTML)

Struts 2 is a popular powerful framework for developing Java web applications. Struts 2 differs greatly from the original framework and as such this course is also suitable for anyone who has been using Struts 1.

In this Struts training course, experienced Java developers learn how to use Struts and the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern to build scalable, maintainable data-driven Web Applications.

Course Content

This course has been developed for real-world, commercial scenarios by our expert instructors. See below for detailed syllabus. If you have a technical question, please email

What you will learn

1. How to install and set up the Struts framework with Tomcat.
2. How to design and implement a well structured Struts based web application.
3. How to implement and configure your own Struts components.
5. How to provide complex data validation on both the client and the server.
6. How Struts custom tag libraries simplify the development process.
7. How to utilise advanced features such as Validators, Templates
and Internationalisation.

Hands On Exercises

The delegates will have hands-on experience of building Struts applications, including:

1. Implementing a simple form based web application with JSPs and Struts.
2. Using the Struts custom tag libraries to further improve the structure and maintainability of the application.
3. Design and implement a complex Wizard style application - including techniques for detecting illegal navigation from user.
4. Automating data validation with the Validator plug-in.
5. Template based page generation with the Tiles plug-in.
6. Internationalization of a web application.
8.Integration of Servlets, JSPs and EJBs to form a complete online J2EE application

Struts - Web Enterprise Workshop with Jakarta Struts Training Course Outline

Getting Started with Struts 2.0

Jakarta Struts Project
MVC and Struts
Review Filters, Servlets, JSP and Web Applications
Struts Architecture
Struts Components: FilterDispatcher, Interceptors, Actions, and Results

Your First Struts Application

Struts 2.0 components
Configuring web.xml
Configuring structs.xml: package, results, exceptions, and actions
Action implementation
Adding basic view components

Validation and Interceptors

XWork validation framework
Implementing validation
Type conversion
Interceptor role
Using interceptors

Mapping the Model to the View

Review using Custom Tags
Introducing Struts Tags
Generic Tags
UI Tags
Themes and Templates
Tag Reference
Ajax Tags
ValueStack technology
OGNL for type conversion

Localization and I18n

Locales
Formatting Messages
Resource Bundles
Internationalization
Tags
I18n Interceptor

Putting It All Together

Create the Application
Actions
Searching
Prepopulating Forms
Validating forms
Showing and Editing Error Massages
Handling Exceptions
Add/Edit/Delete Listing

Advanced Topics (Optional)

Action Chaining
Dependency Injection
Testing
Using Annotations
Performance Tuning
Plugins
Migration of Struts 1.x applications to Struts 2.x

Working with the Tiles Custom Library (Optional)

Defining templates
Using put and insert
Advanced tile features (optional lesson)

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