Web Application Development Lab Class 1 Autumn 2010 Aim: This lab class is intended to provide a general introduction to Web Application Development using the NetBeans IDE (specifically, NetBeans version 6.7). Note that although the tutorials involve use of a certain amount of code, it is not essential to have a detailed understanding of any of the code. The focus is on providing a general overview of interactive web application development, and not on the details of programming. We will start to explore the latter next week. Details of Task 1: We will use two tutorials that have been developed by the NetBeans team. Rather than print out hard copies, I suggest you use the online copies to: (a) Save wasting paper, and: (b) Enable you to cut and paste in cases where the tutorial asks you to enter specific code into a template class. The first tutorial is a very simple exercise. First of all, open NetBeans 6.7 on the computer. You can find it in the following program group: Departmental software > Computing > Netbeans You can find the tutorial by either using the Help facility in NetBeans, or directly entering the following link into your browser: http://www.netbeans.org/kb/docs/web/quickstart‐webapps.html If you want to get to it from the NetBeans Help, go to: Help > Online Docs and Support Then click “Java Web Applications” under Learning Trials. You will then find the link to this tutorial under “Getting Started”. You should be able to complete the tutorial in 30 minutes or less. Please do not rush! The important thing is to try to understand the features of NetBeans that you are using, rather than complete the tutorial in as short a time as possible. Details of Task 2: This second tutorial is more advanced and uses some pre‐existing source code. Again, do not worry about the details of the code, although you might like to take a few moments to browse through the files to get an impression of what they do. Please do spend time on reading the terminology sections, however. The goal of this tutorial is to introduce you to some of the concepts that are used in discussing web applications. You can go straight to the tutorial using the following link: http://www.netbeans.org/kb/docs/web/tutorial‐webapps.html Alternatively, you can click on the link to the NetBeans IDE Web Application Tutorial under “See Also”, or use: Help > Online Docs and Support Click on “Java Web Applications” under Learning Trials, and then select “NetBeans IDE for WebApplications” in the Developing Java Web Applications section of Tutorials and Articles. Again, don’t rush. Take time to follow what you are doing clearly and try to gain a little understanding of the code.