This second edition of this bestselling guide is updated to reflect the Servlet API 2.2, how to effectively deploy a servlet-based application, security and user authentication, and explain the new JSP technology and new information on databases and JDBC. The CD-ROM includes an updated sample servlet code.

The first techniques-oriented cookbook for servlet programming, this book provides ready-to-use solutions to hundreds of common problems. Filled with over 200 working examples, it covers topics ranging from database access to dynamic Web page creation, from legacy systems to e-commerce.

Looking to study up for the new J2EE 1.5 Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWCD) exam? This book will get you way up to speed on the technology you'll know it so well, in fact, that you can pass the brand new J2EE 1.5 exam. If that's what you want to do, that is. Maybe you don't care about the exam, but need to use servlets and JSPs in your next project. You're working on a deadline. You're over the legal limit for caffeine. You can't waste your time with a book that makes sense only AFTER you're an expert (or worse, one that puts you to sleep). Learn how to write servlets and JSPs, what makes a web container tick (and what ticks it off), how to use JSP's Expression Language (EL for short), and how to write deployment descriptors for your web applications. Master the c: out tag, and get a handle on exactly what's changed since the older J2EE 1.4 exam. You don't just pass the new J2EE 1.5 SCWCD exam, you'll understand this stuff and put it to work immediately. Head First Servlets and JSP doesn't just give you a bunch of facts to memorize; it drives knowledge straight into your brain. You'll interact with servlets and JSPs in ways that help you learn quickly and deeply. And when you're through with the book, you can take a brand-new mock exam, created specifically to simulate the real test-taking experience.

Servlets are an exciting and important technology that ties Java to the Web, allowing programmers to write Java programs that create dynamic web content.Java Servlet Programming covers everything Java developers need to know to write effective servlets. It explains the servlet lifecycle, showing how to use servlets to maintain state information effortlessly. It also describes how to serve dynamic web content, including both HTML pages and multimedia data, and explores more advanced topics like integrated session tracking, efficient database connectivity using JDBC, applet-servlet communicaton, interservlet communication, and internationalization. Readers can use the book's numerous real-world examples as the basis for their own servlets.The second edition has been completely updated to cover the new features of Version 2.2 of the Java Servlet API. It introduces chapters on servlet security and advanced communication, and also introduces several popular tools for easier integration of servlet technology with dynamic web pages. These tools include JavaServer Pages (JSP), Tea, XMLC, and the Element Construction Set.In addition to complete coverage of 2.2 specification, Java Servlet programming, 2nd Edition, also contains coverage of the new 2.3 final draft specification.

This guide to Java servlets provides a complete walkthrough of the technology. It moves example-by-example from the simple to the complex and explains the simple HTML form processing through servlets. The text also shows how to connect a Java applet to a servlet, which is connected to a database.

Providing a thorough overview to SIP (session initiation protocol) servlets 1.1, this unique resource serves as a practical guide to this exciting and emerging communications network technology. Covering all key concepts and their links into Java Enterprise Edition (JEE), the book discusses the construction, deployment and lifecycle of the SIP servlet.

"This book is for developers and programmers interested in exploiting the power of Java on a web server. The focus of this book is on using the Servlet API and solving real-world problems using Java in a client/server environment. This book assumes you are familar with object-oriented programming and the Java programming language"--p. xvii.