The cost effective way to develop web applications using Java.

Java Web Development

Objectives:

• User friendly environment that is similar to ASP.Net
• Low or no cost to develop and deploy
• Flexible deployment options
• Use standard and frameworks where possible
• MVC or other separation of presentation code from business logic. In short Multi-tier architecture

NetBeans 6.0 for IDE

• It supports deployment multiple Java Application servers
• Sun as all but decided that there will not be a next version of Java Studio Creator (pending out cry from community), and has pushed technology out to NetBeans 6.0
• Supports J2EE and Java 5 EE platform.
• JavaServer Faces built in gives an IDE and framework much like ASP.Net.
• Keeps pace with Java releases and technology changes
• Drag and Drop or code by hand developement
• FREE and OpenSource and Open Standards
• IDE and our applications are platform independent.
• Extensible IDE.

JavaServer Faces (JSF) for MVC and UI

• Is to be included in future J2EE standard.
• Can be used in same project as Struts (MVC defacto standard, but not an official standard)
• Component based framework that encourages reuse between applications

Hibernate for Persistence

jUnit or HttpUnit for testing

log4j or Java Logging API for Logging

Tiles for templating