Introduction
Welcome
What you need to get started
Using the exercise files
Using the challenges

1. About Java Servlets and Faces
What are servlets?
What are Faces?
Working with servers
Setting up a runtime architecture with Eclipse
Creating a simple servlet
Expanding a servlet
Challenge: Build a simple servlet
Solution: Build a simple servlet

2. Working with JavaServer Faces
Setting up a Faces application
Working with XML files
Developing managed beans
Understanding the Faces life cycle
Extensions and other applications for Faces
Challenge: Build a simple Faces application
Solution: Build a simple Faces application

3. Working with the Web Context
What is the web context?
Working with a client state
Handling servlet life-cycle events
Tracking and logging requests
Challenge: Access and modify a web context
Solution: Access and modify a web context

4. Parallel Processing
What is parallel processing?
Controlling concurrent access to server resources
CRCW, CREW, and EREW access patterns
Tips for maximizing efficiency
Challenge: Develop a parallel-capable servlet
Solution: Develop a parallel-capable servlet

5. Improving Your Java Code
Debugging servlets and Faces
Optimizing your code
Working with multimedia and other data types
Enabling security and encryption
Challenge: Optimize a servlet
Solution: Optimize a servlet

6. Extensions
Creating custom components and renderers
Using AJAX with Faces applications
Internationalization and localization

Conclusion
Where to go from here