Developing web applications
Learn about selecting tools for developing web applications.
Before you begin
About this task
There are two basic approaches to selecting tools for
developing web applications:
- You can use one of the available integrated development environments (IDEs). IDE tools automatically generate significant parts of the servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) code, and Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) files. They also contain integrated tools for packaging and testing the web application components.
- If you decide to develop web components without an IDE, you need at least an ASCII text editor. You can also use tools available in the Java™ SE Development Kit 6 and in this product to assemble, test, and deploy the Web application components.
The following steps support the second approach, development without an IDE.