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Course Purpose

The purpose of this course is to teach you how to use Novell eCommerce Beans to integrate Web applications with eDirectory. This course covers:

• What is a Directory?
  
  
• Novell eCommerce Beans Overview
  
  
• Sessions
  
  
• Novell eCommerce Beans Introduction
  
  
• LDAP Beans
  
  
• Lab Setup
  
  
• Use HTML and a Servlet to Build an Authentication Page
  
  
• Add Other Methods of Authentication
  
  
• Add a Link to Create a New User
  
  
• Allow the User to Change Attributes in the Directory
  
  
• Display the Attributes for the User to See
  
  
• Establish Secure Connection and Unauthenticate from eDirectory
  
  
• Security Beans
  
  
• Create an eCommerce Application (Optional Lab)
  
  
• Conclusion
  
  

In order to fully understand the capabilities of Novell eCommerce Beans, it is important to understand several fundamental concepts first. In the first few sections we introduce basic concepts of an LDAP directory, eDirectory; J2EE fundamentals like Servlets, JSP, MVC architecture, and Beans; and Web programming fundamentals. If you have a good understanding of these topics, skip to the Novell eCommerce Beans Introduction section.