Servlet, JSP, and JDBC Tutorials

Beginning and Intermediate-Level Servlet, JSP, and JDBC Tutorials
From 2nd Edition of Core Servlets and JSP (Volume 1)
The beginning and intermediate-level tutorials on this page are based on the second edition of Marty's book Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages, and have been tested by Marty in live training courses in the US, Canada, Australia, Puerto Rico, Japan, Mexico, and the Philippines.

Also see the training materials home page for advanced servlet and JSP tutorials, Jakarta Struts tutorials, Apache Tomcat tutorials, JSF tutorials, Java 5 & Java 6 tutorials, and tutorials in Chinese and Japanese.
The PDF versions of the tutorials are freely available to anyone for personal use. These versions contain the complete text of the PowerPoint slides, and are what you want if your goal is to learn or review the technology. As a courtesy, coreservlets.com also makes the original PowerPoint slides available to faculty teaching courses that do not compete with Marty's live courses. See the J2EE instructor materials page for details.
To arrange a servlet & JSP course at your organization based on these materials, contact info@coreservlets.com. These courses can be customized to use any combination of the materials on the J2EE tutorials site, and new materials can be added for specific client needs. To learn more details about the instructor, the curriculum for the live training courses, or the public course schedule, please see http://courses.coreservlets.com.
Source Code
Source code for all examples in these tutorials can be downloaded from Servlet and JSP Source Code.
Servlets & JSP: Overview and Setup
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Topics:
Understanding the role of servlets
Evaluating servlets vs. other technologies
Understanding the role of JSP
Configuring the server
Configuring your development environment
Testing the server setup
Servlet Basics
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Topics:
The basic structure of servlets
A simple servlet that generates plain text
A servlet that generates HTML
Servlets and packages
Some utilities that help build HTML
The servlet life cycle
Servlet debugging strategies
Handling the Client Request: Form Data
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Topics:
The role of form data
Creating and submitting HTML forms
Reading individual request parameters
Reading the entire set of request parameters
Handling missing and malformed data
Dealing with incomplete form submissions
Filtering special characters out of the request parameters
Handling the Client Request: HTTP Request Headers
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Topics:
Reading HTTP request headers
Building a table of all the request headers
Understanding the various request headers
Reducing download times by compressing pages
Differentiating among types of browsers
Generating the Server Response: HTTP Status Codes
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Topics:
Format of the HTTP response
How to set status codes
What the status codes are good for
Shortcut methods for redirection and error pages
A servlet that redirects users to browser-specific pages
A front end to various search engines
Generating the Server Response: HTTP Response Headers
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Topics:
Format of the HTTP response
Setting response headers
Understanding what response headers are good for
Building Excel spread sheets
Generating JPEG images dynamically
Sending incremental updates to the browser
Handling Cookies
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Topics:
Understanding the benefits and drawbacks of cookies
Sending outgoing cookies
Receiving incoming cookies
Tracking repeat visitors
Specifying cookie attributes
Differentiating between session cookies and persistent cookies
Simplifying cookie usage with utility classes
Modifying cookie values
Remembering user preferences
Session Tracking
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Topics:
Implementing session tracking from scratch
Using basic session tracking
Understanding the session-tracking API
Differentiating between server and browser sessions
Encoding URLs
Storing immutable objects vs. storing mutable objects
Tracking user access counts
Accumulating user purchases
Implementing a shopping cart
Building an online store
JSP Introduction & Overview
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Topics:
Understanding the need for JSP
Evaluating the benefits of JSP
Comparing JSP to other technologies
Avoiding JSP misconceptions
Understanding the JSP lifecycle
Installing JSP pages
Looking at JSP in the real world
Invoking Java Code with JSP Scripting Elements
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Topics:
Static vs. dynamic text
Dynamic code and good JSP design
JSP expressions
Servlets vs. JSP pages for similar tasks
JSP scriptlets
JSP declarations
Predefined variables
Comparison of expressions, scriptlets, and declarations
Controlling the Structure of Generated Servlets: The JSP page Directive
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Topics:
Understanding the purpose of the page directive
Designating which classes are imported
Specifying the MIME type of the page
Generating Excel spreadsheets
Participating in sessions
Setting the size and behavior of the output buffer
Designating pages to handle JSP errors
Controlling threading behavior
Including Files and Applets in JSP Pages
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Topics:
Using jsp:include to include pages at request time
Using <%@ include ... %> (the include directive) to include files at page translation time
Understanding why jsp:include is usually better than the include directive
Using jsp:plugin to include applets for the Java Plug-in
Using JavaBeans Components in JSP Documents
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Topics:
Understanding the benefits of beans
Creating beans
Installing bean classes on your server
Accessing bean properties
Explicitly setting bean properties
Automatically setting bean properties from request parameters
Sharing beans among multiple servlets and JSP pages
The Model View Controller (MVC) Architecture: Integrating Servlets and JSP
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Topics:
Understanding the benefits of MVC
Using RequestDispatcher to implement MVC
Forwarding requests from servlets to JSP pages
Handling relative URLs
Choosing among different display options
Comparing data-sharing strategies
Related MVC Info:
Jakarta Struts (Action Framework) Tutorial
JavaServer Faces (JSF) and Apache MyFaces Tutorial
The JSP 2.0 Expression Language: Simplifying MVC and Access to Java Code
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Topics:
Motivating use of the expression language
Understanding the basic syntax
Understanding the relationship of the expression language to the MVC architecture
Referencing scoped variables
Accessing bean properties, array elements, List elements, and Map entries
Using expression language operators
Evaluating expressions conditionally
Using and Deploying Web Applications
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Topics:
Purpose of Web applications
Structure of Web applications
Setting up Web applications with Tomcat
Sharing data among Web applications