This course teaches servlet programming as well as JSP programming. Students will learn the basics of creating both Servlets and JSPs including their interaction, using VisualAge for Java and WebSphere Application Server. They will also learn concepts of JDBC and connection pooling.

• An introduction to web application development with servlets and JSPs. 
• User input processing. 
• HTML output generation. 
• Session tracking. 
• Database accessing. 
• Deploying web applications

   

Exercises take students through most of the major aspects of the design and development of servlet and JSP programs including connecting to a DB2 database.

After completing this course, the student should be able to:

• Develop web applications with servlets and JSPs and IBM VisualAge of Java.
• Access and manipulate databases from a servlet. 
• Maintain user session information. 
• Deploy a web application in IBM WebSphere Application Server

This course is intended for programmers who have at least six months experience in Java and who want to learn about server side programming.

Students should have:

• An understanding of web technology and dynamic web content. 
• A good understanding of object-oriented programming using Java. 
• Some experience in using the IBM WebSphere product family or Tomcat