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An article on managing sessions. First describes what is a session? how to identify a user across multiple pages and how to manage sessions using Java Servlets. Online demo available.

This article examines Java Servlets in detail and discusses HttpServlet, ServletConfig and ServletContext classes and issues like Servlet preloading and initialization parameters.

Article on step by step installation of Tomcat 4.0 Server. Then moves on to introduce JSP and eventually builds a simple JSP page to test the installation.

This is a complete chapter : 'Combining Servlets, JSP, and JavaBeans' from Wrox Press book "Professional JSP 2nd Edition". It introduces Model-View-Controller (MVC) architecture and describes combining JSP, Servlets and Java Beans using it.

A brief introduction to writing your own first Java Server Pages (JSP). Covers several different editions of "Hello, World!" example. This article is the first excerpt of a full series from the book, Web Development with JavaServer Pages.

There are two primary types of tag conventions in Java Server Pages: Scripting-Oriented Tags and XML-Based Tags. Learning them gives you insight not only into JSP, but XML, too. This article is the second excerpt in a series from the book, "Web Development with JavaServer Pages."

This tutorial discusses the creation and use of cookies in Servlets. Includes an example of a customized search engine interface.

This article describes the overall servlet architecture and what you need to develop your application with servlets. Also presented are several code examples to show you how to use the Servlet API, and compare it with CGI and proprietary server APIs where appropriate.

The author notes "This document explains the concepts of Java Servlets and provides a step-by-step tutorial for writing HTTP Servlets with complete source code for the example Servlets. The tutorial and the other chapters cover all facets of Servlet programming from a simple "Hello World" Servlet to advanced Servlet features like session tracking and Cookies. There are also appendices on compiling and running Servlets. The reader is assumed to have some basic knowledge of HTML and Java programming."

This article describes advantages and disadvantages of Servlets vs CGI, How a Servlet works, and Where a Servlet can be used for.

Written primarily for those currently developing on the server in JavaScript, this article explains the basics of working with Java on the server through Sun's Java Servlet API. It includes a brief overview of servlets and their role in server-side software development, and Comparison of JavaScript applications with servlets in a number of crucial areas of program design.

In this 5-page tutorial, you'll learn how to write, compile, and serve a simple servlet. Also, includes other servlet-related resources.

Window toolkits typically provide a layout mechanism that positions widgets in a container. For example, AWT and Swing have layout managers, and VisualWorks Smalltalk has wrappers. This article presents a template mechanism for JSP that allows layout to be encapsulated and reused. JSP templates minimize the impact of layout changes and encourage modular design.

JavaServer Pages (JSP) are a great mechanism for delivering dynamic Web-based content. JSP provides a set of predefined tags, but you can also define your own tag extensions that encapsulate common functionality. This article will show how easy it is to build, deploy, and use your own custom JSP tag, using the Servlet/JSP reference implementation, Tomcat.

This is a short introductory article on JavaServer Pages. It talks about the features of JSP, a simple example, and includes some useful JSP related-links.

This is a sample chapter from the book 'Professional JSP' by Wrox Press. Inarguably the best book to master Java Server Pages.

The usefulness of static HTML has run its course and web sites whose sole content is comprised of static HTML pages are now often dismissed as "brochureware." The real world is dynamic and web pages that want to reflect this must be capable of accommodating this dynamism. It is possible, however, to deliver dynamic data content to otherwise static HTML pages by leveraging the power of Java and JavaServer Pages (JSP). This introductory tutorial explains The Definition of a JavaServer Page along with a simple form-based article listing application.

Forms are, of course, the most important way of getting information from the customer of a web site. This short example will show you how to create a simple color survey and print the results back to the user.

The Servlets trail teaches you about servlets, the bodies of code that run inside servers, and extend their functionality. Topics include: Overview of Servlets, Client Interaction, The Life Cycle of a Servlet, Saving Client State, Servlet Communication, Utilities for Running Servlets, and Running Servlets.

In this first part of a series on developing Java servlets, this tutorial shows how to create a basic servlet. It includes information about downloading the Java Servlet Development Kit from Sun.