How This Guide Is Organized

This guide provides a Sun Java System Web Server environment overview for designing web applications, and has the following chapters:

• Chapter 2, Web Applications

  This chapter introduces web applications and describes how they are supported in Sun Java System Web Server.

• Chapter 3, Using Servlets

  This chapter describes how to create and use servlets.

• Chapter 4, Using JavaServer Pages

  This chapter describes how to create and use JSPs.

• Chapter 5, Session Managers

  This chapter describes how to create and manage a session that allows users and transaction information to persist between interactions.

• Chapter 6, Securing Web Applications

  This chapter describes the basic security features of the Sun Java System Web Server and how to write secure web applications.

• Chapter 7, Deploying Web Applications

  This chapter describes how web applications are assembled and deployed in the Sun Java System Web Server.

• Chapter 8, Debugging Web Applications

  This chapter provides guidelines for debugging web applications in Sun Java System Web Server.

• Appendix A, Internationalization Issues

  This appendix discusses internationalization issues pertaining to servlets and JSPs.

• Appendix B, Migrating Legacy Servlets

  This appendix discusses migrating legacy servlets.