Java EE Web Application Primer: Building Bullhorn: A Messaging App with JSP, Servlets, JavaScript, Bootstrap and Oracle

Build an online messaging app using Java Servlets, JSP, Expression Language, JSTL, JPQL, Sessions/Cookies, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, and the Bootstrap framework. This book explains Java EE, along with its associated technologies making it perfect for those with at least basic programming experience in Java or C. Java EE Web Application Primer  teaches you how to develop complete web applications using Oracle as the database. By the end of the book you will have developed an online messaging app like Twitter. From there you can create other applications such as an online survey tool.

What You’ll Learn

• Build a Twitter-like web application called Bullhorn using Java, Oracle, and more
• Create web applications using Eclipse
• Design web pages with HTML forms, tables, and more
• Use SQL along with Java and Oracle for database accessibility
• Connect to a database using the Java Persistence APIs
• Create dynamic web pages with JavaScript, JSP, and the tag libraries
• Get web pages to stand out with Bootstrap, jQuery, and CSS

Who This Book Is For

Those with at least basic programming experience in Java or C.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: What Is a Database?
Chapter 3: Installing and  Running Eclipse
Chapter 4: Bullhorn Site Overview
Chapter 5: What Is MVC?
Chapter 6: Creating a Web Application
Chapter 7: The DAO/Repository
Chapter 8: The Service Layer
Chapter 9: The Controller
Chapter 10: The Presentation/View
Chapter 11: Designing Web Pages with HTML
Chapter 12: HTML5 Tags
Chapter 13: The Stateless Nature of the Web
Chapter 14: Users and Sessions
Chapter 15: How to Create Database Tables for Bullhorn
Chapter 16: Make Web Pages Do Something Using JavaScript
Chapter 17: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
Chapter 18: Making Pages Work on All Screen Sizes
Chapter 19: Use Gravatar to Display User’s Avatars with Posts
Chapter 20: The Presentation/View