| INTRODUCTION TO WEBOBJECTS |
Overview of WebObjects applications; adapting to the HTTP request- response cycle; introduction to the WebObjects tool set.
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| LAB |
Gain familiarity with tool set and basic concepts; create a simple WebObjects application that displays dynamic state.
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| CUSTOMIZING WEB APPLICATIONS |
Create a dynamic HTML user interface using components and dynamic elements; maintaining state at the session and application level.
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Storing state at the session and application level; explore changing state at different points of the request- response cycle.
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Understand how dynamic elements and components relate by creating a simple application entirely in source.
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| ACTIONS AND FORMS |
Taking user input to trigger actions in a web application; taking values from forms; exploring dynamic elements for user input.
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Enable page navigation using actions; get input from the user using a form; store state in the application and session.
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| WEBOBJECTS CONTROL POINTS |
Discuss control points within the request- response cycle to customize behavior; accessing request headers, cookies, and form values; modifying the response, creating cookies.
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Add and retrieve a cookie storing user state.
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Present conditional information based on HTTP headers.
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| MODELING ENTERPRISE CLASSES |
Discuss Entity-Relationship Modeling terms; create database-to-object mappings using EOModeler; introduction to EOModeler functionality.
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Browse an existing database to create a default model; create a new entity, add attributes and relationships; generate SQL to create the entity in the database; generate source code.
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| FETCHING ENTERPRISE OBJECTS |
Fetch enterprise objects from the database using EOF; build complex qualifiers; create sort orderings; filter and sort objects in memory; use EOModeler's qualifier builder.
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Fetch customers from a database.
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| PROJECT DESIGN PATTERNS |
Present design patterns used in WebObjects programming; designing the business logic of a web application.
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Create a basic online store application; exercise incorporates all topics thus far in the course.
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| REPEATING AND CONDITIONAL HTML |
Using dynamic elements to display repeating HTML fragments and to conditionally display HTML.
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Extend the online store application to allow the user to choose options for a product.
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Extend the online store application to display the customer's order in a repeating table.
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| EDITING ENTERPRISE OBJECTS |
Discuss the concept of an enterprise object; use the Enterprise Objects Framework to insert, update and delete database entities; implement custom business logic.
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Create an administration application that edits the products sold in the online store application; add, delete, and edit enterprise objects.
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| MANAGING RELATIONSHIPS |
To-one and to-many relationship in EOF; modeling many-to-many relationships; flattening relationships.
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Extend the administration application to allow editing of objects' relationships.
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| FRAMES AND NESTED COMPONENTS |
Using frames in a WebObjects application; creating nested components; basic parent to child component communication.
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Extend the online store application to use frames; use WebObjects Builder's frameset editor.
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Create a reusable nested component that can accept values from its parent component.
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| INTEGRATING WEB TECHNOLOGIES |
Adding arbitrary HTML tags to a WebObjects component; adding embedded objects, JavaScript, applets; automatic mail messages from WebObjects.
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Add JavaScript to add automatic form submission and basic client-side validation.
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| OVERVIEW OF WEBOBJECTS DEPLOYMENT |
Discussion of deployment issues; split installs; Monitor administration tool; application statistics; sharing resources between applications using custom frameworks.
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Create a shared custom framework.
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Do an install build of online store application; launch and manage using Monitor.
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