Web Developer Program
Java Session
Instructor: Dr. Craig Miller
http://facweb.cs.depaul.edu/cmiller

List of Topics and Handouts

Java Session 1
Monday June 2

Topics

• Overview of Java
• Compiling Java into applications and applets
• Examples of a simple application, applet and servlet
• Overview of object-oriented programming
• Examples with a simple class: the MarbleJar class
• Inheritance
• Automatic class documentation with javadoc
• Common predefined java classes
• Introduction to graphical components

Handouts

• Temperature.java
• Keyboard.java
• ColorGen.html
• ColorGen.java
• ColorGenServlet.java
• Link to above servlet (available when server is running)
• Puzzle.java
• MarbleJar class specification
• MarbleJar.java

Some Important Links

• Documentation for Java 1.4
• Predefined classes for Java 1.4
• The Jakarta Project featuring Tomcat

Java Session 2
Saturday June 7

Topics

• Constructing and displaying graphical components
• Layout managers
• Reading files and URLs
• Parsing and formatting output
• Event listeners
• Exception handling
• Applets
• Database Access

Handouts

• PriceDisplay.java
• PDApplet.html
• PDApplet.java
• ProductDisplay.java
• NWConnection.java: class for accessing Northwinds DB

Java Session 3
Monday June 9

Topics

• Review Database access
• Servlets
• Java Server Pages (JSP)
• JSPs and using classes as beans
• Database access with Servlets and JSPs

Handouts

• ProductDisplay.java
• NWConnection.java: class for accessing Northwinds DB
• TempServlet.java
• Products.java (servlet example)
• convert.html
• convert.jsp
• products.jsp

Working Links (when the server is running)

• Link to TempServlet
• Link to Products servlet
• Link to Temperature JSP
• Link to Products JSP