 | Level: Introductory Sing Li (westmakaha@yahoo.com), Author, Wrox Press
20 Oct 2005 The Apache Tomcat application server is no longer the exclusive domain of advanced Web system developers. In this tutorial, Sing Li shows beginning Web developers how to leverage their current Java™ development skills to program server-side JSPs, servlets, and Web services using Tomcat.
In this tutorial
This tutorial gives Java Web developers an introduction to programming JavaServer Pages (JSPs), servlets, and Web services using Tomcat, an open source application server from the Apache Foundation. The tutorial guides you through the following tasks: - Downloading and installing your own Tomcat server.
- Coding and deploying a JSP on Tomcat.
- Coding and deploying a servlet on Tomcat.
- Coding and deploying a Web service using Tomcat and Apache Axis.
The tutorial provides an overview of JSP, servlets, and Web services but is not intended to cover those technologies in depth.
Prerequisites
You need to be familiar with the Java programming language, object-oriented design principles, and basic TCP/IP networking concepts to get the maximum benefit from this tutorial. An understanding of the networking APIs in the JDK is ideal, although not mandatory. To run the examples in this tutorial, you need:
- A working installation of JDK 1.5.0 or later.
- A running installation of Tomcat 5.5 or later, available at http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/. This tutorial includes detailed download, installation, and setup instructions for Tomcat.
To run the Web services example, you also need to install:
System requirements
The recommended system configuration for running the tutorial:
- A system supporting JDK 1.5.0 with at least 512 MB of memory. The instructions in the tutorial are based on a system running Microsoft Windows.
- At least 50 MB of disk space to install the software and examples.
Duration
Under two hours
Formats html, pdf
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