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Web development with Eclipse Europa, Part 1: The Java EE for Eclipse

How to use Eclipse Europa for Web development using Java technology, PHP, and Ruby

Michael Galpin, Developer, eBay

Michael Galpin has been developing Java software professionally since 1998. He currently works for eBay. He holds a degree in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology.

Summary: It's a good time to be a Web developer. You've never had more choices in terms of technologies. There are so many great open source Web servers, databases, programming languages, and development frameworks. No matter what combination of technologies you prefer to work with, there is an integrated development environment (IDE) that can increase your productivity: Eclipse. In this tutorial, Part 1 of a three-part "Web development with Eclipse Europa" series on how to use Eclipse for Web development with Java™ technology, PHP, and Ruby, we'll see how the latest release of Eclipse — Europa — can be used to rapidly develop Java Web applications. We'll use Java Platform, Enterprise Edition 5 (Java EE) for Eclipse to build a Web application for tracking and calculating baseball statistics.

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Date: 20 Nov 2007
Level: Intermediate
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Before you start

Eclipse developers have worked hard to make Web developers' lives easier. The Europa release of Eclipse provides several tailored editions of Eclipse, including editions for Web developers.

About this series

In this "Web development with Eclipse Europa" series, you'll see how no matter what your language of choice is, Eclipse is the platform for Web development. Its flexible plug-in system makes it easy to create versions of Eclipse customized for Web development with Java technology, PHP, and Ruby. You'll see how different plug-ins give Eclipse unique capabilities for each language. You'll also see some of the common features that all Web developers can take advantage of. Throughout this series, we will be creating a sample baseball Web application, which will allow us to enter in game data for baseball players and calculate statistics for those players.

About this tutorial

In this tutorial, Part 1 of a three-part series, we'll use the Eclipse Java EE version for Java Web development. We'll use Eclipse to connect to a database, create tables, and create test data in our database. We'll configure Eclipse to use a Web server, then use Eclipse's wizards to create a Web application, Web pages, and data access code. Finally, we'll use Eclipse to control our Web server, publish our application, and even debug it as it runs on the server.

Prerequisites

A background in Java programming is essential for getting the most out of this tutorial. Familiarity with the Eclipse IDE is helpful, but not necessary.

System requirements

You'll need the following:

Eclipse Europa: This tutorial uses Eclipse V3.3 (Europa).

Java Development Kit (JDK): This tutorial shows you how to develop Web applications using Java technology, so you'll need the Java Development Kit (JDK) 5.0 or higher. Download V5.0 or V6.0.