Servlets and JSP
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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