WebObjects® Developer's Guide

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. About the Author
3. Acknowledgments
4. We Want to Hear from You!
5. Reader Services
6. Introduction
7. A WebObjects Primer
   1. Creating A New Project
   2. Marking Up HTML in WebObjects Builder
   3. WebObjects Component State
   4. Using Session Variables
   5. Application State
   6. Using Images and Fonts in WebObjects
8. DHTML and WebObjects
   1. Introduction to JavaScript and WebObjects
   2. Creating A Basic WebObjects Component
   3. Designing WebObjects Components
   4. Defining the Component API
   5. Optimizing WebObjects Generated DHTML
   6. Summary
9. Optimizing WebObjects Components
   1. Adding a Splash Page
   2. Optimizing Components Using Nonsynchronized Variables
   3. Making Stateful Components
   4. Using Stateless Components
10. Building Bookmarkable Applications
    1. Creating a Stateless Application
    2. Using Direct Actions
    3. Building Mini-Applications Using Direct Actions
    4. Localizing a Direct-Action Application
11. XHTML and WebObjects
    1. Introduction to XHTML
    2. Implementing a WebObjects XHTML Element
    3. Implementing a WebObjects Dynamic Element
    4. Summary: Completing the XHTML Application
12. SVG and WebObjects
    1. Introduction to SVG
    2. Generating Graphics with WebObjects
    3. Building WebObjects Applications Using SVG
    4. Summary
13. A Game of Crazy Eights: Beginning Enterprise Objects
    1. Defining the Object Model
    2. Populating and Testing the Model
    3. Constructing the Game
    4. Refining the Model
    5. Summary
14. Case Study I: Online Forum
    1. Overview of Enterprise Objects
    2. Modeling the Entities and Their Attributes
    3. Defining and Using Relationships
    4. Testing the Model with DirectToWeb
    5. Finessing the Model
    6. Summary
15. Prototyping with DirectToWeb
    1. Customizing DirectToWeb
    2. Altering the Object Model and Database
    3. Adding Logic to Enterprise Objects
    4. Advanced Object Modeling
    5. Using Multiple Models
    6. Summary
16. Rapid Prototyping with WebObjects
    1. Building a First Application Prototype
    2. Refining the Object Model
    3. Building a Stateless Application Prototype
    4. Making Performance Optimizations to the Object Model
    5. Developing the Stateless Application Components
    6. Summary
17. Managing Users, Sessions, and Personalization
    1. Crafting the Interface for Posting Topics and Replies
    2. Supporting Sessions in a Direct Action Application
    3. Managing Client-Side State with Cookies
    4. Providing User Personalization and Preferences
    5. Summary
18. File Uploads and Downloads
    1. Uploading and Downloading Attachments
    2. Providing a Search Page
    3. Completing the Application
    4. Summary
19. Organizing Code, Fixing Bugs, and Handling Exceptions
    1. Organizing Project Code
    2. Fixing Bugs
20. Security, Logging, and Statistics
    1. Securing the Application Login
    2. Using Basic http Authorization to Implement a WebObjects Login Panel
    3. Logging in WebObjects
    4. Using Java Cryptography in WebObjects Applications
21. SOAP and WebObjects
    1. Building a SOAP Service with WebObjects
    2. Integrating a SOAP Service into a WebObjects Application
22. Reports, Charts, and New Interfaces
    1. Generating Print with WebObjects
    2. Data Visualization with WebObjects
    3. Developing New Interfaces with WebObjects: The PopIdol App
23. Stress Testing and Deploying Applications
    1. Testing Deployment
    2. Stress Testing Applications
    3. Conclusion
24. Troubleshooting Guide
    1. Building Applications
    2. Running Applications
25. Developer Resources and Tools for WebObjects
    1. Developer Documentation
    2. Mailing Lists and Discussions
    3. Third-Party Developer Web Sites
    4. Examples and Source Code
26. Index