How to create your first HTML Web application:
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File -> New Project
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Under Web, select: Dynamic Web project
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Give it a project name and assign Tomcat as the server.
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Set your source folder to: src\java\main
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Set the content directory to: WebContent and ensure the web.xml creation is selected.
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Click finish.
Make sure your "Servers" project is open.
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Select your Service project and open it.
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It will contain something like: Apache Tomcat v6.0-config
Adding your first JSP page.
- Right click inside the WebContent.
- Click File -> new
- Name your JSP index.jsp (the acceptable defaults are in the web.xml file)
Here is a sample JSP: index.jsp (521.00 bytes) (Right click and save, it will execute when clicked).
Running the project.
- Right click inside the project.
- Click Run As -> Run on server.
- Make sure your Web is site is in the Configured column.
- Click Finish
- After the application loads, the web.xml will contain the newly added JSP page.
- Test the JSP by adding http://localhost:8080/%Application%/ in your browser address bar.
Adding your first Servlet page.
- Right click inside the Project or 'Java resources'.
- Click New -> Servlet
- Give your package and Class name.
- The resulting Servlet will be placed in folder: Java Resources
- Two words of caution:
- The servlets are case sensitive.
- A restart of Tomcat must occur after adding a new servlet.
Code to your Web Application.
- Right click inside the Project or 'Java resources'.
- Click New -> Class
- Give your package and Class name.
- The resulting Servlet will be placed in folder: Java Resources