Architecting and Designing J2EE Applications

Participants will gain an understanding of the strategies needed to create application blueprints that work well when implementing J2EE technologies. These strategies include effective decision making through the use of systemic qualities (such as scalability and flexibility), J2EE technology blueprints and design patterns, and iterative and incremental development. Throughout the course, students will explore a practical case study using a Library System example. Students will build the system from the ground up, from requirements gathering through architecturally correct implementation of a few select use cases. Working within this environment, students will capture the requirements, investigate systematic qualities and then establish the business Architecture in terms of Business Components and services. Students will also learn how to (and will) define the technical architecture based on the non-functional requirements (systematic qualities), map their Business Architecture to the Technical Architecture, and design and build a few components based on that architecture (this will include EJB 2.1 development). Throughout the course, students will explore the overall software architecture (including presentation tier) and best practises for development. This will give the students the possibility to design, implement and assemble a solution for three use cases (using the components developed earlier). Hands-on learning will incorporate UML design, coding (EJB, servlets, JSP and XML) and deployment on J2SDKEE1.4.

J2EE Architects, System Designers and Developers who want to create robust J2EE enterprise applications that allow for rapid change and growth.