Web development is still one of today's most popular, active, and
important programming and development activities. From a single web page
to an e-commerce-enabled web site to a fully-fledged web application,
the Java programming language and its frameworks allow you great
flexibility and productivity for your web application development.
Learn Java for Web Development teaches web developers who are new to
Java key skills, Java-based languages, and frameworks to build simple or
complex web sites and applications. As soon as you pick up this book,
Vishal Layka's experience guides you on a very practical learning and
building journey.
You will learn the Java nuts and bolts necessary to build a simple
"HelloWorld" Java (native) application, as well as a "HelloWorld"
Java-based web application example that utilizes servlets and Java
Server Pages (JSPs). Over the course of the book, you'll learn more
about servlets and JSPs and delve into Java Server Faces (JSFs) and the
expression language found in each of these by applying them in a
real-world case study--a book store e-commerce application. Then you'll
build your web application using Apache Struts2 and the Spring MVC
framework.
The book concludes by exploring the web application that you've built
and examining industry best practices and how these might fit with your
application, as well as covering alternative Java Web frameworks like
Groovy/Grails and Scala/Play 2. You also can explore the basics of Java,
Groovy, and Scala in the book's appendices.
While reading this book, you'll see all this in action and you can use
it as a starting point for further Java web development. Study and
experiment with the many source code examples, and later apply them to
your own web application building endeavors and 2:00 AM challenges.
