"Rob S." wrote:
>
> Shown below are the results of today's content and organizational
> suggestions. It's still extreeemely rough, but this is the kind of stuff I
> like. We're making progress! =)
>
> - r
>
> 0) Introduction
>
> - Why use tomcat, what does it do and what doesn't it do?
> - Feature list as from tomcat 3 and as from tomcat 4 (group together
> features and in which versions they appear/dissapear).
> - Requirements (JDK versions, extra libs?, etc.)
> - How-to submit a bug
> - How-to subscribe to tomcat-user/-dev & how-to UNSUBSCRIBE :)
> - Interesting links (api-spec, etc)
- Comparisons with other containers
>
> 1) Administrator's Guide
>
> - Quick install (VERY short and simple)
> - Detailed installation? Not a nice name...
- In Depth Installation?
> - Connectors and beyond. Why choose which connector and
> why don't use a certain connector?
> - Tomcat standalone
> - Apache
> - IIS
> - Netscape
- Domino ;-)
> - Tomcat & SSL
> - Tips
- Style recommendations
- Where to put JARs in different scenarios
> - (versioned?) Mini-FAQ
> - Advanced configuration
> - Complete server.xml reference
> - Heavy Load Guide (Loadbalancing)
- Route map -- what lives where (server.xml/web.xml)
>
> 2) Web Application Developers' Guide
>
> - Things to know while developing with Tomcat. The web dev
> doesn't have to be an admin pro!
- Links to other servlet/jsp resources
I'm guessing that we only want Tomcat specific stuff in here, so general
servlet topics might not be appropriate, but for the sake of
completeness a couple of worked examples of servlets and jsps might not
be out of place.
> 3) Container Architecture Guide
>
> - In this case also some references to technical docs which
> explain how to start writing eg custom handlers, etc).
--
Andy Armstrong, Tagish