Architecture of a Java EE application, panorama of technologies
Design models: classic approaches vs agile methods
Service-oriented approach
Prototyping
Technical architecture, frameworks
Packaging and deployment of a Java EE application

Workshop: Multiple examples of application architecture

Thick client with JavaFx or Swing Thin
client (web):
– Basic components: Servlet, JSP
– Main MVC frameworks: JSF, Spring MVC, Struts
– Web portals: Jahia, JBoss Portal, Liferay
– Rich frameworks: GWT, Wicket

Workshop: overview of frameworks and benchmark

POJO, JavaBeans and
EJB class libraries : Session, MDB and remote method call
Web Services: SOAP vs REST

Workshop: Application distributed with EJB, Java APIs for Web Services implementation

Core API: JDBC
Frameworks ORM (Object Relational Mapping): JPA
EJB Entity implementations

Workshop: Presentation of the JPA API and object query languages

Deploying a thick client application with Java Web Start
Main Java EE application servers, benchmark
Security considerations and available APIs
Java EE connectors

Workshop: integration of a Java EE application into the information system