Tapestry 4 - Basic

To know how to build simple but usable Tapestry application which can:

create multiple Application State Objects
handle listeners and validate submissions
build templates for pages and components
use localisation for messages and other resources
make use of annotations

To understand the concept of component driven framework.

The topics which are not part of this exams are:

HiveMind configuration
Spring/Hibernate/... integration
Writing advanced components.
Contrib and third party libraries.
Friendly urls
IoC concept
Portlets
Framework Customization
Features of Tapestry v3 abandoned in Tapestry v4

The best reference to learn for this exam is Tapestry User Guide http://tapestry.apache.org/tapestry4/UsersGuide/index.html

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Webapp Configuration 1 question To understand that your app can work without myapp.aplication Configure look-up for optional .page .jwc configuration files To know how to setup custom libraries, meta variables Web application may often require access to the session context. Concept of the Application Stack Objects is a Tapestry way of implementing this. Its important to know how to setup simple Application Stack Object through org.apache.tapestry.visit-class Write code that make use of simple A.S.O not covered: Custom A.S.O definitions in HiveMind module descriptor Tomcat, Jetty, Resin ... configuration Setting up web.xml	5	Add a question Beta questions
Templates 3 questions Page and Component templates in Tapestry are built on top of ordinary HTML files. To know how to specify components on page template and setup parameters Know the basic usage of OGNL on Tapestry Templates Write code that make use of special prefixes "asset:", "bean:", "listener:" To know how to place page in application structure to be found by Tapestry	10	Add a question Beta questions
Page 2 questions Understand difference between transient and persistent properties. Knowing usage of @Persist annotation To know how to make pages with corresponding java classes How to simplify life with annotations - move configuration from .page file to java class Know the page lifecycle and make use of methods called on different its points.	4	Add a question Beta questions
Component 4 questions Understand the concept of components in Tapestry Framework. Know how to setup often used components (Can be all excluding contrib library) How to define components bindings in .page or .jwc files Be able to setup above components in java class trough annotations	7	Add a question Beta questions
Creating simple Components 3 questions Tapestry framework and third party libraries can provide all necessary elements for applications but the advantage of Tapestry is that user can very easily create own custom components. To understand how component is build. what are the necessary files and how to connect them To understand how to setup parameters How to simplify life with annotations	7	Add a question Beta questions
Listener 2 questions How to setup components launching listeners on the page templates: Form, DirectLink Submit Know how to write listener and get listener parameters Understand way of returning values and activating pages	13	Add a question Beta questions
Input Validation 2 questions Know how to enable client side validation Define components that make use of Tapestry built in validation Make use of ValidationDelegate to display error messages. Using success listener of Form component in connection with validation	9	Add a question Beta questions
Localization 1 question Know that localisation is based on property files which can be Component/Page specific or global Know the usage of standard binding prefix "message:". Know that Entire templates can be also localized Write code that changes locale.	10	Add a question Beta questions