The Java Web application I thought we would build is a simple web quiz. The user is presented with a series of questions, one by one, and sees the result after the last question.
Tomcat will be used to run the application and Eclipse to develop it. Since I got a question about JDBC, we will use some kind of database for the questions, too. I still haven’t decided on which database to use, but it will be a while until we come that far, anyway.
The plan for now is something along the following lines:
- Download and install Tomcat and Eclipse
- Code and run a servlet and a jsp page.
- Create a welcome page for the Web Quiz application
- Coding your first Web Quiz question
- Adding a series of questions
- Getting the questions from a database
Each of these stages will be described in detail in later posts.
But, as Deep Purple humbly sings: “The best laid plans come apart at the seams.” Plans are just what you create before you know what to do. They are not meant to be followed. And don’t get me started on a time line…
