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Enterprise Java (605.784.31) Fall 2009

• Wednesdays, 4:30-7:10pm
• APL, K1

Course Description

This course focuses on enterprise computing technologies using Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE). The course focuses on how to build multi-tier distributed applications, specifically addressing the following areas: web access, business logic, data access, and applications supporting Enterprise Service technologies. The web access tier will focus on development using Servlets and JSP with an emphasis on integrating the web tier with enterprise applications. For the Business Logic Tier, session beans for synchronous business processing and message-driven beans and timers for asynchronous business processing will be described. The Data Access tier discussion will focus on Java Database Connectivity (JDBC), data access patterns, and the Java Persistence API. Finally, enterprise services will be described, including the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI), Remote Method Invocation (RMI), Java Transaction API (JTA), Java EE Security, and Java Message Service (JMS).

Using modern development tools, commercial persistence providers, and application servers, students will design and implement several significant programming projects using the above mentioned technologies and deploy them to a Java EE environment that they will manage.

Student Background

• Prerequisite: 605.481 Distributed Development on the World Wide Web or equivalent.
• Strong Java programming skills are assumed.

Student Commitment

• Students should be prepared to spend between 10-16 hours a week outside of class.

Required Course Texts

• Enterprise Java Beans 3.0, 5th Edition; ISBN 10: 0-596-00978-X; ISBN 13: 9780596009786; Bill Burke, Sacha Labourey, and Richard Monson-Haefel; O'Reilly, 2006

Recommended Course Texts

• A Servlet/JSP Text
  • Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP), 2nd Edition, Marty Hall, 2003, Prentice Hall PTR; ISBN 0130092290 (online version)

Required Software

This course will make heavy use of development tools (Subversion client, Maven 2, JUnit, Log4j, and Eclipse), databases (Hypersonic; comes with JBoss), persistence providers (Hibernate; comes with JBoss), and application servers (JBoss). Students are strongly encouraged to establish a local development environment. Detailed instructions for setup are part of the first exercise (Development Environment Setup).

References

The core of the EJB3 content is covered in the primary text for the course (and competing texts as well as online). Associated topics (database schema, JDBC, Web Tier, JMS, and tools) are not covered in the course text, but documentation will be provided through course slides, examples, and tutorials. A list of online references can be found on this site. Each lecture will supply a list of references for that technical area.

Grading

• 100 >= A >= 90 > B >= 80 > C >= 70 > F;
• Students will be graded on three projects. Projects will be done individually and graded 100 though 0.

Assessment	% of Semester Grade
Project 1	35%
Project 2	35%
Project 3	30%

Grading Policy

• Late projects will be deducted 10pts/week late, starting after the due date/time, with one exception. A student may submit a single project up to 4 days late without receiving approval and still receive complete credit. Students taking advantage of the free first pass should still submit an e-mail to the graders notifying them of their intent.
• Projects must be submitted via e-mail to the graders with source code in a zip file with a README. Pre-built artifacts must also be included in the submission. All source code must be written to portably compile in the grader's environment using Maven 2.
• Class attendance is strongly recommended, but not mandatory. The student is responsible for obtaining any written or oral information covered during their absence.

Academic Integrity

• Collaboration of ideas and approaches are strongly encouraged. You may use partial solutions provided by others as a part of your project submission. However, the bulk usage of another students implementation or project will result in a 0 for the project. There is a difference between sharing ideas/code snippets and turning in someone else's work as your own. When in doubt, document your sources.

Instructor Availability

I am available 20min before class, breaks, and most times after class for interactive discussion. I provide detailed answers to general/technical questions through the course newsgroup. You can get individual/non-technical questions answered via e-mail. I usually have all questions posted by 10pm answered by COB that evening. Students needing further assistance are also welcome to visit my office in Columbia when necessary.