Servlet Tutorial Table of Contents

Java Servlet Tutorial: Extended Table of Contents Java Servlet Tutorial: Overview of Servlet and JSP Technology What is a Java servlet? What advantage does a Java servlet have over a traditional CGI program? What is JSP? What are the Advantages of JSP? Java Servlet Tutorial: Getting Started: Servlet and JSP Installation and Setup Obtaining and installing the servlet and JSP Classes Getting a servlet-capable Web server Java Servlet Tutorial: Your First Servlet Basic servlet structure A simple servlet generating plain text Compiling and invoking the servlet A simple servlet generating HTML Some simple servlet HTML utilities Java Servlet Tutorial: Handling Form Data Introduction (format, URL-encoding, GET, POST) Servlet example: reading specific parameters Servlet example: making table of all parameters Java Servlet Tutorial: Reading HTTP Request Headers Common Request Headers and Their Meaning Reading headers from a servlet Servlet example: making table of all headers

Java Servlet Tutorial: Accessing the Standard CGI Variables The CGI variables, their meaning, and the servlet equivalent Servlet example: making a table of all CGI variables Java Servlet Tutorial: Setting HTTP Status Codes Overview: status codes and messages Setting status codes from a servlet HTTP 1.1 status codes and their meanings Servlet example: a search engine front end Java Servlet Tutorial: Specifying HTTP Response Headers Overview Common response headers and their meaning Servlet example: starting a long-running calculation, showing partial results, and periodically updating display with new data. Java Servlet Tutorial: Handling Cookies Intro: How Cookies Can Be Used (and Abused) The servlet Cookie API Some servlet cookie utilities Servlet example: a customized search engine interface Java Servlet Tutorial: Session Tracking Overview of servlet session tracking The servlet session tracking API Servlet session tracking example JavaServer Pages (JSP) JSP Tutorial: Overview JSP Tutorial: Syntax Summary JSP Tutorial: Template Text (Static HTML) JSP Tutorial: JSP Scripting Elements: Expressions, Scriptlets, and Declarations JSP Tutorial: JSP Directives JSP Tutorial: Example using Scripting Elements and Directives JSP Tutorial: Predefined Variables JSP Tutorial: JSP Actions JSP Tutorial: JSP Comments and Character Escaping Conventions