Java Computing

CS532 Advanced Java Computing -- Spring 2010

General information
Course Materials
Topic Schedule
Assignments
Grading
Communication
Lecture notes (Ask the instructor for the UserID/Passwd)

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 consent of instructor

Lecture:

10:00-12:45 pm, Friday, Br 150

Office Hours:
3:00-4:30pm, Mon, Wed; 3:00-5:00pm Tues, at BR177

or by appointment.

Course Materials

Required

Java - How to Program, 8^th Edition
by Paul Deitel and Harvey Deitel

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	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	Ch. 14, 25, 28 Lecture Notes
Unit 3	Application Server Development (1) - Servlets - Servlet Programming using Java IDE - Application Servers: Tomcat	Ch. 29, 30 Lecture Notes
Unit 4	Application Server Development (2) - JavaServer Pages (JSP) - JSP Development using Java IDE - JSP Custom Tag Library	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	Ch. 31 Lecture Notes
Unit 6	Three-tier Enterprise Client/Server Computing using EJB - Session EJB - Entity EJB - EJB Container	Ch. 29 Lecture Notes
	Take Home Final Exam

Assignments

Assignment 1: Two-tier C/S development: Java GUI - JDBC
Down load the Oracle JDBC thin driver, Oracle Inventory db script, and Inventory Microsoft Access DB if you need one.
Steps of sign the applet
Assignment 2: Three-tier C/S development: Java GUI - Servlet (JAAS; Http Session) - JDBC
Down load JAAS and TomCat for hosting Servlets and JSPs
Assignment 3: Three-tier C/S development: JSP GUI - Servlets, Custom Tags – JDBC.

Final Exam: Available at 12:00 noon on May 7 (Friday), 2010; Return at 12:00 noon on May 9 (Sunday).

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

Grading

· Assignments: 60%

· Final Exam (Take Home): 40%
(90-100 A; 80-89 B; 70-79 C; 60-69 D; below 60 F)

Communication

This class home page is posted at "http://hilltop.bradley.edu/~jiangbo/" and will be used to post the assignments and other class information.
You are also encouraged email me about your questions related to the course or share related information with the class.