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Server-Side Web Applications using Java Servlets versions 2.1/2.2 and JavaServer Pages (JSP) version 1.0: A Tutorial

Part 1:

Overview of Servlets and JSP

What are Java Servlets?
What are the Advantages of Servlets over Traditional CGI?
What is JSP?
What are the Advantages of JSP?

Part 2:

Getting Started: Installation and Setup

Obtaining and Installing the Servlet and JSP Classes
Getting a Servlet-Capable Web Server

Part 3:

First Servlets

Basic Servlet Structure
A Simple Servlet Generating Plain Text
Compiling and Invoking the Servlet
A Simple Servlet Generating HTML
Some Simple HTML Utilities for Servlets

Part 4:

Handling Form Data

Introduction (Format, URL-encoding, GET, POST)
Example: Reading Specific Parameters
Example: Making Table of All Parameters

Part 5:

Reading HTTP Request Headers

Common Request Headers and Their Meaning
Reading Headers from Servlets
Example: Making Table of All Headers

Part 6:

Accessing the Standard CGI Variables

The CGI Variables, Their Meaning, and the Servlet Equivalent
Example: Making a Table of All CGI Variables

Part 7:

Setting HTTP Status Codes

Overview: Status Codes and Messages
Setting Status Codes from Servlets
HTTP 1.1 Status Codes and Their Meanings
Example: A Search Engine Front End

Part 8:

Specifying HTTP Response Headers

Overview
Common Response Headers and Their Meaning
Example: Starting a Long-Running Calculation, Showing Partial Results, and Periodically Updating Display with New Data.

Part 9:

Handling Cookies

Overview of Cookies
The Servlet Cookie API
Some Minor Cookie Utilities
Example: A Customized Search Engine Interface

Part 10:

Session Tracking

Overview of Session Tracking
The Session Tracking API
Example

Part 11:

JavaServer Pages (JSP)

Overview
Syntax Summary
Template Text (Static HTML)
JSP Scripting Elements: Expressions, Scriptlets, and Declarations
JSP Directives
Example using Scripting Elements and Directives
Predefined Variables
JSP Actions
JSP Comments and Character Escaping Conventions

This tutorial is now available as a book: Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages by Marty Hall, published by Sun Microsystems Press. Read all about it at CoreServlets.com

Server-Side Web Applications using Java Servlets versions 2.1/2.2 and JavaServer Pages (JSP) version 1.0: A Tutorial
© 1999 Marty Hall.
All source code freely available for unrestricted use.
Created for work in the Research and Technology Development Center of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, for courses in the Johns Hopkins Part-Time MS Program in Computer Science, and for various industry seminars and on-site Java short courses.
Please note that this is a first draft of the tutorial, so please send corrections, comments, and suggestions to me at hall@apl.jhu.edu.
Reprinted with permission from the author. Click here to visit the original version

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