Chapter 13. Servlets, JSP, and Tomcat
Most users are familiar with HTML, and virtually everyone who owns a
computer today is familiar with web browsers. The previous chapter
introduced relational databases, but didn't discuss
how to web-enable the information you're storing.
This chapter covers that topic and provides a way for you to put a
face on your web application. If you're already a
web or J2EE developer, much of this material will be familiar,
although you'll encounter several Mac OS X twists
along the way. If you've never played in the
enterprise Java space, this chapter should whet your appetite for Mac
OS X and get you moving in the right direction.
This chapter assumes that you've installed a
database (in particular, MySQL) and that you'd now
like to present information to the end user. Two Java technologies
are ideal for this task: JavaServer Pages (JSP) and Java servlets.
JSP is a specification and technology that lets a developer create
HTML pages with embedded bits of Java code. Servlets are a more
code-oriented technology and are not based on HTML pages; however,
they still simplify HTML generation, and are excellent for producing
web-based user interfaces. This chapter details how to run these
components in your Mac OS X environment.
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