[thelist] JSP & Servlets - where to start?

Hi,
thanks for the info, where do I@ get editpad from? 
Regards
Doug Potts

-----Original Message-----
From: Teresa_Molina@hartehanks.com [mailto:Teresa_Molina@hartehanks.com]
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2000 4:23 PM
To: thelist@lists.evolt.org
Subject: Re: [thelist] JSP & Servlets - where to start?




Let me second that: a thorough understanding of objects is crucial before
you
start with servlets. There is an O'Reilly book, and it has a brass tea
kettle on
the cover. Very good book, and one of the few that I've found that talk
about
the servlet package/classes at all.

One other ESSENTIAL item is "The Java Developers Almanac" (2000 is just
about
ready to ship). This is the best reference book in the world -- it contains
all
the classes included in the standard Java lang package and some other common
classes. It describes their methods, including all various constructors, and
the
type or object they return. Totally handy.

Also, the JDBC will be crucial, so it pays to learn as much about that as
possible (fortunately -- or perhaps unfortunately -- we have a DBA who does
all
my JDBC for me, so I don't know nearly enough about it). I know that "Just
Java
2" from Sun has a substantial chapter about it, and I would definately
explore
any tutorials you can find at http://java.sun.com.

Here's a few (watch for wrap):
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/Database/JDBCShortCou
rse/index.html
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/onlineTraining/Database/JDBCShortCou
rse/jdbc/exercises/index.html

Finally, I would recommend getting a good handle on the servlet programming
before you tackle JSP. I think
everything will be ever so much clearer if you know Java well; JSP is
nothing
but a walk after that. One side
benefit, too, is JavaScript will make so much more sense -- or, at least
you'll
realize what you thought
made sense before makes an entirely different kind of sense now.

If you need any help with your servlets... well, I'm pretty much a novice
myself, but I do have some
working servlets out there, so give me a shout. Couldn't hurt anything...

Oh yeah, don't forget to download TextPad. I highly recommend it as a
development tool (though you're
presumably using something or you couldn't do the tutorial you're doing
now).

And, one more tip...

<tip type="Java">
That pesky classpath issue. If you're using any extra packages or trying to
compile in TextPad but can't,
nine times out of 10, it's a ClassPath issue. Make sure your system
classpath
points to every folder that
includes any Java classes you may be using in your applications.</tip>

Teresa



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