Amer, First, get Jason Hunter's "Java Servlet Programming, 2d Ed." and read the entire book (and use a highlighter!). It will make your servlet/JSP life a whole lot easier. And you can enrich your servlet life by frequenting www.servlet.com (Jason's website).
Second, read everything at http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/index.html Third, download the servlet tutorial at http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tutorial/1_3-fcs/doc/Servlets.html and work through all the examples (you will need to download and install J2EE for this, and it will be frustrating at first, but once you get it, you GET IT) Fourth, when you get stuck, check out the servlet interest group archives (there's a URL at the bottom of every message from this forum pointing the way) Fifth, be prepared to be frustrated - this technology is not difficult, but many people have spent years doing this and still write really shitty books obfuscating the elegance of Java programming. This is where we come in - the interest group - so you can ask questions that we all have encountered before and can help you. Finally, (and this is no option), download the JS2E 2.0 API and read the entire document. It won't make much sense to you at first, but if you read it, everything else that comes along will spark a memory and you will go back to it and have an "ah ha!" experience. Aside from this, get a Java 2.0 certification exam prep book and read it. They are the most concise compendiums of the language you can get because they get straight to the nitty-gritty. Be warned that they are little good to passing the exam, but they are great for giving you a succinct overview of most of the classes and methods you will you in everyday programming. Cheers! Mark This email was scanned with Norton AntiVirus 2002 before sending. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Amer ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2001 10:19 pm > > > I am a bit new to the world of Java and Servlets/JSP. I am keen to > > learn writing/programming servlets and JSP. I would greatly > > appreciate your help in directing me to some reading material > > related to writing servlets & JSP or web-site where I may start my > > adventure! > > Bye, > > > > Amer ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff SERVLET-INTEREST". Archives: http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/servlet-interest.html Resources: http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/external-resources.html LISTSERV Help: http://www.lsoft.com/manuals/user/user.html
