Struts

Section 1: INTRODUCTION

 What is Struts?

 Features of Struts

 Model1 vs MVC

 Struts with MVC2 Design Pattern

 Struts Architecture with workflow diagrams

 About struts xml configuration file

 Detail about struts XML elements

 Action Interface and Action Support Class

 Steps to create struts application

Section 2: Saying hello to Struts 2

 Declarative architecture

 A quick hello

 HelloWorld using annotations

Section 3: Working with Struts 2 actions

 Introducing Struts 2 actions

 Packaging your actions

 Implementing actions

 Transferring data onto objects

 File uploading: a case study

Section 4: Adding workflow with interceptors

 Why intercept requests

 Interceptors in action

 Surveying the built-in Struts 2 interceptors

 Declaring interceptors

 Building your own interceptor

Section 5: Data transfer: OGNL and type conversion

 Data transfer and type conversion: common tasks of the web application domain

 OGNL and Struts 2

 Built-in type converters

 Customizing type conversion

Section 6: Building a view: tags

 Getting started

 An overview of Struts tags

 Data tags

 Control tags

 Miscellaneous tags

 Using JSTL and other native tags

 A brief primer for the OGNL expression language

Section 7: UI component tags

 Why we need UI component tags

 Tags, templates, and themes

 UI Component tag reference

Section 8: Integrating with Spring and Hibernate/JPA

 Why use Spring with Struts 2

 Adding Spring to Struts 2

 Why use the Java Persistence API with Struts 2

Section 9: Exploring the validation framework

 Getting familiar with the validation framework

 Wiring your actions for validation

 Writing a custom validator

 Validation framework advanced topics

Section 10: Understanding internationalization

 The Struts 2 framework and Java i18n

 A Struts 2 i18n demo

 Struts 2 i18n: the details

 Overriding the framework's default locale determination

Section 11: Extending Struts 2 with plug-ins

 Plug-in overview

 Common plug-ins

 Internal component system

 Writing a breadcrumb plug-in

Section 12: Migration from Struts Classic

 Translating Struts Classic knowledge

 Converting by piecemeal

Section 13: Real-time project

 Struts project environment setup

 Real-time Struts project

 Project demonstration

 Expert evaluation and feedback

Section 14: You made it!!

 Spark Databox Struts certification

 Interview preparation

 Mock interviews

 Resume preparation

 Knowledge sharing with industry experts

 Counseling to guide you to the right path in Struts career