CS 4531 Midterm Exam 2 Coverage

Coverage

• Core JavaServer Faces:
  • Ch. 5: Facelets
  • Ch. 7: Conversion and Validation
  • Ch. 8: Events
• Software Development Process
• Software Testing
• Design Patterns
• User Interface Design

Composition

• Short answer
• Short essay
• Multiple choice
• JSF/xhtml markup
• Java code

What You Should Know

JSF

• Typical uses of Facelets tags
• Building pages from a common Facelets template
• Creating and using a custom tag using Facelets
• The difference between JSF conversion and validation
• Using converters and validators built in to JSF tags
• Writing a custom JSF converter or validator
• How to handle value change or action events originating from the client

Software Engineering In General

• The phases of a software development process
• The differences between various software process models
• The scope and purpose of various object-oriented design patterns
• The purpose of software testing
• The classification of software defects
• What makes up a test case
• The comparative virtues of code reuse by inheritance or by association
• The contexts in which various design patterns should be used
• Characteristics of software users
• Software usability principles