Course overview

The Developing Applications With the Java SE Platform course provides students with practical experience in designing a vertical solution for a distributed, multi-tier application. Students use graphical user interface (GUI) design principles and network communications capabilities to code a functional Java application that interacts with a networked database server. The blended approach of designing and developing programs for applications has been clearly emphasized in this course. New features that blend with the special IDE GUI building capabilities, such as Matisse, are covered. The Java Management Extensions (JMX) and the JUnit tool are also covered. The course features the Java Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6) technology and utilizes the Java SE Development Kit 6 (JDK 6) product. The students perform the course lab exercises using the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) 5.5.

Goal

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:

• Apply Model View Controller (MVC) design pattern to create reusable classes
• Implement unit testing using JUnit
• Implement a program from the ground up that could be used in a commercial intranet application
• Develop classes to connect programs to Structured Query Language (SQL) database systems using the core aspects of the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) application programming interface (API)
• Organize and set up the GUI generation and event handling to support a Java technology project
• Implement the Logging API to generate log messages in GUI
• Create two-tier and three-tier Java technology applications
• Create a multithreaded server
• Create remote objects using Java Remote Method Invocation (Java RMI)

Target group

Students who can benefit from this course are programmers already familiar with the basic structure and syntax of the Java programming language and who need to further expand this knowledge to develop complex, production-level applications. Completing this course also assists individuals preparing for the Sun Certified Developer for the Java 2 Platform examination.

Syllabus

1. Introduce the BrokerTool Application

Explain the problem statement of the BrokerTool application
Creating and populating the StockMarket Database
Executing SQL Statements on the StockMarket Database

2. Apply the Model View Controller (MVC) Design Pattern

Explain design patterns
Explain the MVC design pattern
Analyze how the MVC design pattern can be used in applications
Add MVC Interaction Code

3. Implement Unit Testing

Develop unit testcases using JUnit
Execute Unit testcases
Open the InfoTool Project
Prepare JUnit Test Cases for the InfoTool Project
Analyze the JUnit Test Cases of the InfoController class of the InfoTool Project
Create and Analyze Test Methods Inside InfoToolTest.java File
Create a TestSuite of all the Test Cases of the InfoTool Project

4. Design the BrokerTool Application

Apply the MVC design pattern
Begin the analysis and design of the project under study
Develop a build plan for the project
Create the MVC Participants
Establish the BrokerTool MVC Baseline

5. Implement the Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) API

Describe the JDBC API
Explain how using the abstraction layer provided by the JDBC API makes a database front end portable across platforms
Describe the five major tasks involved with the JDBC programmer's interface
State the requirements of a JDBC driver and its relationship to the JDBC driver manager
Describe the data access objects (DAO) pattern and its applicability to a given scenario
Identify the Workflow and Object Interactions
Implement a Database-Connected Broker Model by Using the DAO Pattern

6. Create Graphical User Interfaces (GUI)

Apply the principles of good GUI design
Design and implement a GUI for the project using Matisse
Apply the Composite Design pattern to build the BrokerTool GUI
Use JTable and JTabbedPane classes in your application to build a sophisticated GUI
Add AllCustomerTablePanel to the Palette Window and drag-and-drop to the BrokerGui Class
Create the CustomerPanel Class, add to the Palette Window and drag-and-drop to the BrokerGui Class
Change the Order of the Tabs
Compile and Test the BrokerGui Class

7. Handle GUI Events

Implement a view class
Implement a controller class
Create the BrokerTool view Class
Create the BrokerTool Controller Class
Compile and Testing the BrokerGui Class
Add Event Handling Functionality

8. Log Messages in GUI

Use the logging API
Examine a logging example
Write a custom handler
Set filters to a particular handler
Create the Custom Handler Class

9. Implement Multiple-Tier Design

Compare the BrokerTool two-tier design with the three-tier design for the same application
Explain how you can use the Java technology package, java.net to implement networking applications
Demonstrate how to use the Command design pattern in the application
Apply the Strategy design pattern to create reusable code
Describe how you can implement the network client
Describe how you can implement the network server

10. Implement Advanced Multiple-Tier Design

Use the new Java concurrency APIs to create a multithreaded server
Examine a thread pool
Identify integrity problems in multithreaded servers
Create a Generic Network Client Class

11. Communicate With Remote Objects Using Java RMI

Create remote objects
Use Java RMI to create a multi-tier application
Deploy a Java RMI Implementation of the BrokerModel Interface
Create a Java RMI Implementation of the BrokerView Interface

Prerequisites

Students should be able to:

• Develop applications by using the Java programming language
• Understand basic Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams
• Understand basic Structured Query Language (SQL) statements
• Understand how to implement interfaces and handle Java programming exceptions
• Use object-oriented programming techniques
• Understand GUI design
• Understand basic Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) communication
• Program with sockets or streams
• Understand the monitoring framework that is provided by Java
• Develop testing methodologies and test procedures

Curriculum material

Sun Microsystems Student Kit

Suggested Follow-On Courses

• Developing Applications for the Java EE Platform (FJ-310-EE5)

Certification Programs and Certificate Tracks

This course is part of the following programs or tracks:

• SCJD

Contact

Dragutin Zivkovic
Housing d.o.o.
Zaharova 7, 10000 Zagreb
T: +385 1 4878999
F: +385 1 4878998
e-mail: dragutin.zivkovic@housing.hr