Web Application Development

Web Application Concepts

Objectives
Discuss the concepts of web applications,
Explain the web server application request
handling,
Enumerate the Java web application technologies,
State the web application life cycle, and
Discuss web modules.

Web Application
An application program that is stored on a
remote server and delivered over the
Internet through a browser interface

Dynamic vs. Static Content

Dynamic Content content-based generated based
on program parameters, HTTP request and
responses and database queries
Static Content output produced for the consumer
is still the same. Typical representation is HTML

Java Web Application Request

and Response Handling

Java Web Application Request

and Response Handling

Servlets and JSP

Servlets Java classes that dynamically process
requests and responses
JSP pages - text-based documents that execute as
Servlets but allow a more natural approach to
creating a static content

Web Container

Web Container Concepts

Services that provide for web components
(request dispatching, security, concurrency
and life-cycle management)
Give access to APIs such as naming,
transaction and email

Web Application Life Cycle

Web Application Life Cycle

Composition
Web components
Static resource files
Helper classes
Libraries

Web Application Life Cycle

Development the web component code
Develop the web application deployment
descriptor
Compile the web application components and
helper classes referenced by the components

Web Application Life Cycle

Optionally package the application into a
deployable unit
Deploy the application into a web container
Access a URL that references the web
application

Web Modules

Web Module Application

Document Root
JSP Pages

Client-side
classes and
archives

Static web
resources
(images, etc)

Web Application - WEB-INF

web.xml web application deployment
descriptor
Tag library descriptor files
classes directory that contains server-side
classes: servlets, utility classes and JavaBeans
components

Web Application - WEB-INF

tags a directory that contains tag files,
which are implementation of tag libraries
lib a library that contains JAR archives of
library called by server-side classes

Web Application

Looking Back
Discussed the concepts web applications
Explained the web server application request
handling
Enumerated the Java web application
technologies