Middleware Fundamentals

1. What is Middleware?

2. Basic idea of middleware

3. Why, What and How of middleware

4. Typical architecture of Webapplication (simple/standalone)

5. Examples of Middleware tools

6. What is a webserver

7. Web server basics

8. Typical architecture of a webserver

9. Request flow

10. Explain Request and Response

11. Explain Static and Dynamic Web Sites

12. Usages/Technologies

13. Examples of Web Server

14. What is an application server

15. Explain App server basics

16. Typical architecture of an app server

17. Request flow

18. Usages/Technologies

19. Examples of Application Server

20. What is an enterprise middleware application

21. Basic idea of enterprise middleware application

22. Comparison with simple/stand alone middleware application

23. Architecture of an enterprise middleware application

24. Technologies

25. Examples

26. Explain JVM basics -Basic idea of a JVM with regards to Java concepts

27. Structure of a JVM

28. Introduction to EJBs

29. Relation of JVM to middleware applications

30. System knowledge

i) Basics on service installation and configuration on an operating system Linux and Windows (utilities, packages, installable differences)

ii) Basic knowledge on networking in relation to middleware (ports, firewall, tunneling, IP address, subnets)

iii) Basic knowledge on storage in relation to middleware (volumes, mounts, NAS, NFS, backup, snap, tape)

Basic knowledge on database in relation to middleware (datasources, JDBC, ODBC, connection string, db drivers)