I'm new to j2ee and need to make a project

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Hi everyone,
I'm TOTALLY new to j2ee(but not to java).
My profesor told me to write a wep aplication with use of jsp:
1. You register to the page
2. You login to the page
3. You go to the page you chose a topic of a report
4. Your chice is rememberd. You are given a deadline to send the report.
5. If you have the report you login/go to the send_report site
6. You choose the directory on you pc and press send button
7. The report(.pdf) is now stored on the server
8. If you haven't yet crossed the deadline you can still update the report file(even if it's name is different)
8. Now if you have crossed the deadline on the send_report page you have message informing that you have already send the report.
My Prof. also told me I can (don't have to) use jetty server instead of tomcat. I can also use SpringFramework.
I also have to use j4log.
It would be great if some of You could give me some help with that. What and in which order should I read(books, articles, tutorials) to learn most effectively. I have time till the end of January to finish the project.
Thanx to ALL!

Answer 1

Hi everyone,
I'm TOTALLY new to j2ee(but not to java).
My profesor told me to write a wep aplication with
use of jsp:
1. You register to the page
2. You login to the pageYou can probably store and maintain all these values in a SQL DB. To access it, you can use JDBC. You may want to write a utility class that will do the actual query execution and for example, will return an object [ ] [ ] with the results of a select query. Then you could just see if the username & password matches one of the entries.
You can get the values using request.getParameter("my_form_elementname");
3. You go to the page you chose a topic of a report
4. Your chice is rememberd. You are given a deadline
to send the report.You can set attributes in the session if you want the values to be accessed on other pages. session.getAttribute() will then return the value later. (but the values are lost when the current window is closed)
5. If you have the report you login/go to the
send_report site
6. You choose the directory on you pc and press send
buttonThey've made step 6 quite easy for you! It's just simple html:
<input type='file' size = 75 name='my_fileinput'/>
The size should be long enough for filename to fit.
7. The report(.pdf) is now stored on the server
8. If you haven't yet crossed the deadline you can
still update the report file(even if it's name is
different)
8. Now if you have crossed the deadline on the
send_report page you have message informing that you
have already send the report.The implementation is up to you, but I'm thinking you can have a unique directory for each user. In that directory you could have a props file with the name & deadline for each report [of course you want to make sure this is hidden from public access by putting it in the WEB-INF folder.
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My Prof. also told me I can (don't have to) use jetty> server instead of tomcat. I can also use> SpringFramework.> > I also have to use j4log.  Ah...the joys of configuring log4j. You want to make sure the log4j.xml file specifiying what to log & where is in your source folder (and copied over to the classes folder during compilation). That's why I couldn't get it working for a while. Also, if you don't want everything cluttering up a single log file, make sure that you setAdditivity(false) on everything except your root logger.> > It would be great if some of You could give me some> help with that. What and in which order should I> read(books, articles, tutorials) to learn most> effectively. I have time till the end of January to> finish the project.Whew! As you can see, java, tomcat, jsp's, even just html, there's a TON of stuff out there. Here's what I would recommend:1)Deitel & Deitels' book "Java how to Program" 6th edition. The latest edition has what you need to know about using JDBC (for databases), and JSP's & servlets(including setting up tomcat).2)I would say forget about jetty/spring framework, they're not as widely used as tomcat, and what you learn working with tomcat is far more practical. It's not hard to set up. You can download either tomcat 4.1 or tomcat 5 (which is needed for some of the newer java stuff) from the tomcat site: http://tomcat.apache.org/   Configuration is not all that hard, about the most you'll have to do is change some of the ports you connect on. 3)There are plenty of resources out there on working with jsp's, sql databases, and if you have any more specific questions, you can always post them here!> > Thanx to ALL!Hope this was useful!