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<author email="craigmcc@apache.org">Craig R. McClanahan</author>
<title>Table of Contents</title>
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<section name="Preface">
<p>This manual includes contributions from many members of the Tomcat Project
developer community. The following authors have provided significant content:
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<li>Craig R. McClanahan
(<a href="mailto:craigmcc@apache.org">craigmcc@apache.org</a>)</li>
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<p>The information presented is divided into the following sections:</p>
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<li><a href="introduction.html"><strong>Introduction</strong></a> -
Briefly describes the information covered here, with
links and references to other sources of information.</li>
<li><a href="installation.html"><strong>Installation</strong></a> -
Covers acquiring and installing the required software
components to use Tomcat for web application development.</li>
<li><a href="deployment.html"><strong>Deployment Organization</strong></a> -
Discusses the standard directory layout for a web application
(defined in the Servlet API Specification), the Web Application
Deployment Descriptor, and options for integration with Tomcat
in your development environment.</li>
<li><a href="source.html"><strong>Source Organization</strong></a> -
Describes a useful approach to organizing the source code
directories for your project, and introduces the
<code>build.xml</code> used by Ant to manage compilation.</li>
<li><a href="processes.html"><strong>Development Processes</strong></a> -
Provides brief descriptions of typical development processes
utilizing the recommended deployment and source organizations.</li>
<li><a href="sample/" target="_new"><strong>Example Application</strong></a> -
This directory contains a very simple, but functionally complete,
"Hello, World" application built according to the principles
described in this manual. You can use this application to
practice using the described techniques.</li>
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