BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 Kick Start

BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 Kick Start provides the fastest path to mastering this new tool. Written by leading members of BEA's Education team, this book offers concise, practical coverage of the real-world problems Workshop can solve for J2EE developers. It includes developing page flows and JSP applications, using tag libraries, building controls, developing Web Services, processing XML data and BEA's new XML Beans classes, handling security, and deploying applications to production.

Introduction. 1. WebLogic Workshop, WebLogic Platform, and the J2EE Landscape. Web Applications and the J2EE Landscape. What Is WebLogic Workshop? WebLogic Workshop and J2EE. Creating a Sample Workshop Application with WebLogic Platform. In Brief. 2. Getting to Know the WebLogic Workshop IDE. Overview of the WebLogic Workshop Window Layout. Working with WebLogic Workshop Applications. Visual Component Development. Code-level Development. Building and Running Applications. Debugging Applications. In Brief. 3. WebLogic Workshop Application Development Basics. WebLogic Workshop Programming Basics. Creating Applications and Projects. Deploying and Configuring Applications. In Brief. 4. Developing with Page Flow. Creating Page Flow Applications with WebLogic Workshop. Data Binding with Page Flow. Passing Data with Form Beans. In Brief. 5. Working with the Debugger. Debugging Applications in Workshop. Setting Debugging Properties for a Project. Working with Breakpoints. Debugging Applications. Using Debugging Commands. Debugging Windows. In Brief. 6. Introduction to WebLogic Workshop Controls and Components. Control Concepts. Using Existing Controls. Rowset and Database Controls. In Brief. 7. Using the NetUI Tag Library Toolbox to Develop Sophisticated JSPs. NetUI HTML Tags. Presenting Complex Data Sets in JSPs. Providing a Common Look and Feel in JSPs. Nested Page Flows. In Brief. 8. Advanced Control Development. Control Life Cycle. Control Events. Controls and Transactions. Control Projects and Packaging. Building and Using EJB Controls. Comparing Controls, EJBs, and JavaBeans. In Brief. 9. Working with Web Services. Web Services Concepts. Understanding SOAP, WSDL, and UDDI and Their Place in WebLogic Workshop. Developing Web Services. Conversations. Web Service Security. In Brief. 10. Handling Data in WebLogic Workshop: Working with Schema and XML Beans. Representing Data with XML. Accessing and Manipulating XML Data with XML Beans. Navigating Through XML Data with XPath and XQuery. Transforming XML Data. In Brief. 11. Working with Workflows. Introduction to the Business Management Process. Introduction to Workflows. Developing Basic JPDs. Using Message Brokers. Integrating with Controls. In Brief. 12. Overview of Portal Applications. Introduction to Portal Applications. Creating Portal Applications. Surfacing Applications with Portlets. Portal Look and Feel. In Brief. 13. Creating Advanced Portlets. Inter-portlet Communication. Personalizing Portlets. Controlling Portlet State. In Brief. 14. Securing Access in WebLogic Workshop: Working with SSL and Role-based Security. The Need for Security in the Enterprise. Secure Socket Layer Communications. Declarative Role-based Security. In Brief. 15. Taking Your Applications from Development to Production. Building the Infrastructure for the Production Environment. Creating a Production Domain. Starting a Server in Production Mode. Preparing Applications for a Production Environment. Creating Necessary Resources in Production. Deploying Applications to the Production Server. In Brief. Index.