CS532 01 Advanced Java Computing -- spring 2018

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General Information

Instructor:

Jiang B. Liu,  jiangbo@bradley.edu

Professor of Computer Science & Information Systems

Phone: (309) 677-2386

Prerequisites:

CS531 Web Development Technologies or equivalent

Or consent of instructor

Lecture:

3:00-4:15 pm, Tue, Thu, Br 150

Office Hours:

            2:30-4:30pm Mon, Wed;  1:30-3:00pm Tue Thu at BR177

            Or by appointment.

Course Materials

Required

Topics

This is the second course in JAVA computing for computer science and computer information systems majors and minors. The goals of the course are to provide students with a fundamental understanding of Client/Server computing architectures and the web-based application development skills in JAVA for a wide range of software applications.

 

Unit 1

Review of Java Computing 
- Architectures, Language reviews 
- Java Application/Applet
- Development Tools (IDEs: IBM WebSphere Studio, NetBeans, Eclipse, and Sun Java Studio Creator)
- Java Security

 

Learning outcomes:

- Understand the roles and responsibilities of clients and servers for Java web applications.

- Be able to select a range of tools that will ensure an efficient approach to implementing the Java web application.

- Understand basic Java J2EE Platform.

- Understand the Java Security Model.

Ch. 1, 2, 11, 23, 24, 26, 27
Lecture Notes

Unit 2

Two-tier Client/Server  Development 
- Advanced Swing Graphical User Interface Components
- Client GUI on Window using Java IDE
- JDBC Programming 

 

Learning outcomes:

- Understand the basic two-tier client/server computing using Java GUI, JDBC, and database server.

- Be able to design and build interactive Java GUI pages using Java IDE.

- Be able to access the Web data using JDBC.

- Understand the security and efficiency issues of the two-tier client/server computing using Java Application or Applet.

Ch. 14, 25, 28
Lecture Notes

Unit 3

Application Server Development (1)
- Servlets
- Servlet Programming using Java IDE
- Application Servers: Tomcat

 

Learning outcomes:

- Understand the basic three-tier client/server computing using Java GUI, Servlet/JDBC, and database server.

- Be able to design and build servlet Java Programs.

- Be able to set up a Java Web server to host the servlets and Others.

- Understand the security and efficiency issues of the three-tier client/server computing using servlets.

Ch. 29, 30
Lecture Notes

Unit 4

Application Server Development (2)
- JavaServer Pages (JSP)
- JSP Development using Java IDE

- JSP Custom Tag Library 

 

Learning outcomes:

- Understand the basic three-tier client/server computing using Java GUI, JSP/JDBC, and database server.

- Be able to design and build Java Server Page.

- Be able to create the JSP Custom Tag Library and set it up in a Java web server.

- Understand the security and efficiency issues of the three-tier client/server computing using JSP.

Ch. 29, 30
Lecture Notes

Unit 5

Web Services (service-oriented computing)
- Web Service Basics (XML, SOAP, WSDL)

- Create Web Services using Java IDE
- Publishing and Consuming SOAP-based Web Services

 

Learning outcomes:

- Understand the basic service-oriented computing using Web Services.

- Be able to design and build Java Web Services using a Java IDE.

- Understand the process of publishing and consuming the Java Web Services.

- Understand the security and efficiency issues of the service-orient computing using Java Web Service.

Ch. 31
Lecture Notes

Unit 6

Three-tier Enterprise Client/Server Computing using EJB 
- Session EJB 
- Entity EJB 
- EJB Container

 

Learning outcomes:

- Understand the basic multi-tier client/server computing using Java EJB.

- Be able to design and build a simple Java EJB application.

- Understand the process of publishing and using the EJBs.

- Understand the security issues and strategies in an enterprise-wide web-based application using EJB.

Ch. 29
Lecture Notes

 

Take Home Final Exam

 

Assignments

 (MySQL JDBC driver and Book script can also be found from the textbook CD).

Midterm Exam: (In class exam) Available at 3:00 pm on March 6 (Tuesday)

Final Exam: (Online exam) Available at 12:00 noon on May 3 (Thursday), 2018; Due on Sakai Drop Box at 12:00 noon on May 5 (Saturday), 2018.

Later homework will have 10% subtracted from the score for each late day.

Grading

·         Assignments:                          40%

·         Class Attendance:                   15%

·         Midterm Exam (in the Lab)    10%

·         Final Exam (Take Home):       35%
(90-100 A; 80-89 B; 70-79 C; 60-69 D; below 60 F)

Communication

The Sakai class web site will be used to post the class information.

You are also encouraged to post your questions and share related information with the class on the Sakai Forum.