Ajax Training: Ajax for Java Developers

nTier's Ajax for Java Developers course includes detailed coverage of how to handle Ajax requests using Servlets/JSP and Java Web applications. This includes generation of HTML, XML and JSON from Java, as well as the use of various other server-side Ajax techniques.

The course also provides extensive coverage on using frameworks - both client side JavaScript and server side Java - to support the complex programming that Ajax requires. These frameworks can reduce the sometimes complex and tedious programming that Ajax can require.

• Understand the principles of interactive Web applications and how Ajax is used to create them
• Understand how XMLHttpRequest works, and use it with JavaScript to update a Web page
• Use JavaScript and DOM with Ajax to manipulate the structure of a Web page
• Use Servlets/JSP to handle Ajax requests
• Be familiar with Ajax technologies and frameworks such as Prototype, script.aculo.us, Dojo, JSON libraries, DWR (Direct Web Remoting) and GWT (Google Web Toolkit)
• Understand the basics of CSS and use it with Ajax to dynamically change the Web page look
• Understand and use JSON (JavaScript Object Notation)
• Be familiar with using Ajax with XML
• Use Ajax with HTML, JSON or XML on both the client-side and server-side (Java)
• Use DWR (Direct Web Remoting) to invoke server side Java from the browser
• Use Ajax with JSF
• Understand issues with using Ajax technology, including design and security issues

• Basic knowledge of HTML and JavaScript
• Practical Java and Servlet/JSP programming for the Java material

• Overview of Ajax
  • What are Rich Internet Applications?
  • What is Ajax?
  • Ajax, JavaScript, and DHTML
  • How Ajax Works
  • Overview of Ajax Technologies
• Basics of JavaScript for Browsers
  • JavaScript and DHTML Overview
  • Using JavaScript in an HTML Page
  • Basic JavaScript Programming
  • Functions in JavaScript
  • Debugging JavaScript
  • Accessing HTML Elements and Modifying with innerHTML
• XMLHttpRequest
  • The XMLHttpRequest Object
  • Using XMLHttpRequest
  • Working with Browser Differences
  • Your First Ajax Application
  • Using Ajax Data to Modify the Page
• Ajax Server Side Java Programming Basics
  • Servlet/JSP Overview
  • Handling Ajax Requests
  • Returning Data to Ajax Requests
  • Using JSP pages to generate Ajax data
• More JavaScript for Ajax
  • Browser Events
  • Using Ajax with Browser Events
  • Using Built-in Objects
  • Creating Objects in JavaScript
  • Objects as Function Arguments
  • Accessing Page Elements With DOM
• Client-Side Ajax Frameworks
  • Prototype Overview
  • Using Prototype ($(), Ajax.Request)
  • script.aculo.us Overview
  • Using script.aculo.us Ajax autocompleter
  • Servlet/JSP (server-side) Generation of Data
  • Dojo Toolkit Overview
  • Google Maps and Google Ajax Search API Overview
• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
  • Using CSS to Customize Autocomplete Display
• JavaScript Object Notation (JSON)
  • JSON Data Structure
  • Objects and Arrays
  • Working with JSON in the browser
  • Using JSON on the Server with Java
  • Other JSON Tools Overview
• XML and Ajax
  • The x in Ajax
  • Why use XML, and why not
  • Working with XML on the browser
  • Generating XML on the server with Java
  • HTML vs XML vs JSON
• Direct Web Remoting (DWR) - Invoking Java via Ajax
  • DWR Architecture
  • Invoking Java Functions From the Browser
  • Registering Callbacks
  • Additional Capabilities
  • Overview of other technologies (JSON-RPC, Google Web Toolkit - GWT)
• Ajax and JavaServer Faces (JSF)
  • Ajax4sjf Overview
  • Using Ajax with Ajax4jsf
  • Ajax4jsf components
  • The RichFaces Component Library
• Patterns and Best Practices
  • JavaScript Best Practices
  • State of Ajax
  • Ajax Design Patterns
  • Security Issues
  • Other Ajax Issues
  • Recap of Ajax Technologies and Their Uses
  • Future Directions