Tapestry 5: Building Web Applications Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Preface

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Tapestry
• Why is Tapestry Special?
• Tapestry HTML Templates are Free from Obtrusive Instrumentation
• Custom Components are Very Easy to Create
• AJAX and DHTML, but No JavaScript Coding
• User Input Validation Works Like Magic
• Built-In Internationalization Support
• Inversion of Control Made Easy
• Is Tapestry the Savior in the World of Java Web Development?
• The Journey of Tapestry from 3 to 5
• Summary

• Chapter 2: Creating Your Working Environment
• Install a JDK
• Configuring the Environment for Windows
• Configuring environment for Mac OS X
• Install Maven
• Create a Skeleton Tapestry project
• Install NetBeans
• Debugging in NetBeans
• Installing Eclipse
• Installing Tomcat
• Configuring the Project in Eclipse
• Debugging in Eclipse
• Summary

• Chapter 3: The Foundations of Tapestry
• Tapestry Application is a Set of Interactive Pages
• Page Template and Page Class
• Using Expansions
• Using Components
• Passing a Value Between Pages
• What Can be Returned From an Event Handler
• Tapestry Pages are Pooled
• Making a Page Field Persistent
• Using Page Activation Context
• Different Ways of Defining Components
• Structuring the Application
• Creating and Using an Application State Object
• Was an ASO Already Instantiated?
• Summary

• Chapter 4: Simple Components
• Celebrity Collector Project
• The Auxiliary Classes
• TextField, PasswordField and PageLink
• Limiting Access to a Page
• Loop, Output and DirectLink
• Another Use of PageLink Component
• Radio and RadioGroup
• Using Enumerations for Radio Component Values
• Prefixes: prop and literal
• The If and Checkbox Components
• Submit Component
• More Than One Submit Button
• Select Component
• Configuring an Application State Object
• Summary

• Chapter 5: Advanced Components
• Grid Component
• Tweaking the Grid
• Changing the Column Titles
• Using GridDataSource
• BeanEditForm Component
• Tweaking BeanEditForm
• DateField Component
• Changing the Styles of Grid and BeanEditForm
• FCKEditor Component
• Summary

• Chapter 6: User Input Validation
• Adding Validation to Components
• Validators
• Providing Custom Error Messages
• Handling Validation-Related Form Events
• Cross-Form Validation
• BeanEditForm Validation
• Summary

• Chapter 7: Internationalization and Localization
• Internationalization on the Java Platform
• Internationalization in Tapestry
• Creating and Using Message Catalogs
• Providing a German Message Catalog
• Switching Locale
• Internationalization of Images
• Using Localized Templates
• Other Examples of Internationalization
• Summary

• Chapter 8: Creating Custom Components
• How to Create a Tapestry 5 Component
• Creating the Border Component
• Adding a Navigation Menu
• Using a Parameter
• Unleashing the Power of Select Component
• Creating an OptionModel
• Creating a SelectModel
• Creating a ValueEncoder
• Selecting a Celebrity
• DateInput Component
• Making DateInput a Field
• Adding Simple Validation
• Creating a Universal Locale Switcher
• Creating a Custom Service
• Creating a Library of Custom Components
• Summary

• Appendix A: The Basics of Java for the Web
• The Standard Structure of a Java Web Application
• The Basics of the Deployment Descriptor
• WAR Files Basics
• About Java-Enabled Servers

• Appendix B: Creating a Real Data Source with db4o
• Preparing the Database
• The Main Operations
• The Final Strokes

• Appendix C: Where to Go Next

• Index