Java Servlets

Course Length: 1 day, $29

Servlets are the mechanism for creating on-demand web content. In this course, you will quickly learn to generate dynamic web documents using the Java Servlet API.

Audience: Mid-tier Java programmers that need to present dynamic content on the web.

Prerequisites: Java Programming or equivalent experience. HTML experience is recommended.

Servlet Basics

Browsers, Servers and Servlets
The Basic Servlet
Three Ways to Use Servlets
The Servlet Life Cycle
The HttpServlet Approach
More do Methods
Thread Models
Debugging

Request and Response

Request and Response Basics
The HttpServletRequest Object
Request Headers
Status Codes
Response Headers
Ensuring Valid Characters
Session Tracking
Understanding Cookies
The Cookie Class

Session Tracking

The HttpSession Class
Encoding URLs
Terminating Sessions

Web Applications

Web Application Components
ServletContext
Forward and Include
Supporting Files
Deployment Descriptor
Security - Authentication
Security - Authorization
Applet to Servlet Communication