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     <author email="craigmcc@apache.org">Craig R. McClanahan</author>
     <title>Introduction</title>
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 <section name="Overview">

 <p>Congratulations!  You've decided to (or been told to) learn how to
 build web applications using servlets and JSP pages, and picked the
 Tomcat server to use for your learning and development.  But now what
 do you do?</p>

 <p>This manual is a primer covering the basic steps of using Tomcat to
 set up a development environment, organize your source code, and then
 build and test your application.  It does not discuss architectures or
 recommended coding practices for web application development,
 or provide in depth instructions on operating the development
 tools that are discussed.  References to sources of additional information
 are included in the following subsections.</p>

 <p>The discussion in this manual is aimed at developers who will be using
 a text editor along with command line tools to develop and debug their
 applications.  As such, the recommendations are fairly generic -- but you
 should easily be able to apply them in either a Windows-based or Unix-based
 development environment.  If you are utilizing an Interactive Development
 Environment (IDE) tool, you will need to adapt the advice given here to
 the details of your particular environment.</p>

 </section>


 <section name="Links">

 <p>The following links provide access to selected sources of online
 information, documentation, and software that is useful in developing
 web applications with Tomcat.</p>
 <ul>
 <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/download.html">http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/download.html</a> -
     <i>JavaServer Pages (JSP) Specfication, Version 1.2</i>.  Describes
     the programming environment provided by standard implementations
     of the JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology.  In conjunction with
     the Servlet API Specification (see below), this document describes
     what a portable API page is allowed to contain.  Specific
     information on scripting (Chapter 6), tag extensions (Chapter 7),
     and packaging JSP pages (Appendix A) is useful.  The Javadoc
     API Documentation is included in the specification, and with the
     Tomcat download.<br/><br/></li>
 <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html">http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html</a> -
     <i>Servlet API Specification, Version 2.3</i>.  Describes the
     programming environment that must be provided by all servlet
     containers conforming to this specification.  In particular, you
     will need this document to understand the web application
     directory structure and deployment file (Chapter 9), methods of
     mapping request URIs to servlets (Chapter 11), container managed
     security (Chapter 12), and the syntax of the <code>web.xml</code>
     Web Application Deployment Descriptor (Chapter 13).  The Javadoc
     API Documentation is included in the specification, and with the
     Tomcat download.<br/><br/></li>
 <li><a href="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/blueprints/">http://java.sun.com/j2ee/blueprints/</a> -
     <i>Sun BluePrints (tm) Design Guidelines for J2EE</i>.  Comprehensive
     advice and examples on application design for the Java2 Enterprise
     Edition (J2EE) platform, which includes servlets and JSP pages.  The
     chapters on servlet and JSP design are useful even when your application
     does not require other J2EE platform components.
     <br/><br/></li>
 <li><b>TODO</b> -- Add more entries here!</li>
 </ul>

 </section>


 </body>
 </document>
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	<!DOCTYPE document [
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	]>
	<document url="introduction.html">

	&project;

	<properties>
	<author email="craigmcc@apache.org">Craig R. McClanahan</author>
	<title>Introduction</title>
	</properties>

	<body>


	<section name="Overview">

	<p>Congratulations! You've decided to (or been told to) learn how to
	build web applications using servlets and JSP pages, and picked the
	Tomcat server to use for your learning and development. But now what
	do you do?</p>

	<p>This manual is a primer covering the basic steps of using Tomcat to
	set up a development environment, organize your source code, and then
	build and test your application. It does not discuss architectures or
	recommended coding practices for web application development,
	or provide in depth instructions on operating the development
	tools that are discussed. References to sources of additional information
	are included in the following subsections.</p>

	<p>The discussion in this manual is aimed at developers who will be using
	a text editor along with command line tools to develop and debug their
	applications. As such, the recommendations are fairly generic -- but you
	should easily be able to apply them in either a Windows-based or Unix-based
	development environment. If you are utilizing an Interactive Development
	Environment (IDE) tool, you will need to adapt the advice given here to
	the details of your particular environment.</p>

	</section>


	<section name="Links">

	<p>The following links provide access to selected sources of online
	information, documentation, and software that is useful in developing
	web applications with Tomcat.</p>
	<ul>
	<li><a href="http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/download.html">http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/download.html</a> -
	<i>JavaServer Pages (JSP) Specfication, Version 1.2</i>. Describes
	the programming environment provided by standard implementations
	of the JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology. In conjunction with
	the Servlet API Specification (see below), this document describes
	what a portable API page is allowed to contain. Specific
	information on scripting (Chapter 6), tag extensions (Chapter 7),
	and packaging JSP pages (Appendix A) is useful. The Javadoc
	API Documentation is included in the specification, and with the
	Tomcat download.<br/><br/></li>
	<li><a href="http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html">http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/download.html</a> -
	<i>Servlet API Specification, Version 2.3</i>. Describes the
	programming environment that must be provided by all servlet
	containers conforming to this specification. In particular, you
	will need this document to understand the web application
	directory structure and deployment file (Chapter 9), methods of
	mapping request URIs to servlets (Chapter 11), container managed
	security (Chapter 12), and the syntax of the <code>web.xml</code>
	Web Application Deployment Descriptor (Chapter 13). The Javadoc
	API Documentation is included in the specification, and with the
	Tomcat download.<br/><br/></li>
	<li><a href="http://java.sun.com/j2ee/blueprints/">http://java.sun.com/j2ee/blueprints/</a> -
	<i>Sun BluePrints (tm) Design Guidelines for J2EE</i>. Comprehensive
	advice and examples on application design for the Java2 Enterprise
	Edition (J2EE) platform, which includes servlets and JSP pages. The
	chapters on servlet and JSP design are useful even when your application
	does not require other J2EE platform components.
	<br/><br/></li>
	<li><b>TODO</b> -- Add more entries here!</li>
	</ul>

	</section>


	</body>
	</document>