The intended audience for this guide is the person who develops, assembles, and deploys web applications (servlets and JSPs) in a corporate enterprise.
This guide assumes you are familiar with the following topics:
The J2SE specification
HTML
The Java™ programming language
Java APIs as defined in servlet, JSP, and Java™ DataBase Connectivity (JDBC) specifications
Structured database query languages such as SQL
Relational database concepts
Software development processes, including debugging and source code control