Beginner’s Guide to Web Development – Putting It All Together

We've come a long way so far, and are just about finished with this tutorial. We've covered many topics:

Installing and Testing the JDK: We've installed and tested the Java Development Kit (JDK), which is the kit required to run programs written in the Java programming language.

Installing and Testing Tomcat: We've installed and tested Tomcat, the engine that runs your JSP pages.

HTML Guide: We've given a guide that covers the fundamentals of HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), which is the language used for displaying web pages.

Java Basics: We've covered the basics of the Java programming language, which is one of the most popular and most powerful languages available today. Java is the language you use to create JSP code.

Programming Basics: We've covered programming basics, which allow you to write logic to perform many types of operations.

Writing JSP: We've covered writing JSP pages, which taught you how to create web pages using JSP code. We also covered writing web pages that combined HTML and JSP, which give you the power of each technology to create more robust web pages.

HTML Forms and JSP Communication: We've covered an important feature of HTML, HTML forms, as well as the use of HTML form to pass information between JSP pages. We also covered using the JSP built-in request object to retrieve information passed from other JSP pages.

The Session Object: We've covered the built-in Session object available in each JSP page. This object gives you the ability to store information which is then accessible from other JSP pages via the shared Session object.

Writing Methods: We've covered the Java programming feature known as methods, which are a powerful tool used to write more elegant code.

Now that we've spent a good deal of time studying the above topics, we are ready to apply them in a real world situation. To demonstrate this, we are going to go over a sample application, which is the next and final part of this tutorial. In this application we make use of and tie together each of the topics covered. After implementing the sample application, you should be well on your way to becoming a more advanced web developer.