1. Overview of Application Development

To develop J2EE applications that run on Application Server, you must understand the format and configuration of J2EE applications developed with Developer. This chapter describes the features and flow of developing J2EE applications with Developer. This chapter also describes the functionality provided by Developer and the machine configuration of the development environment. Additionally, this chapter also describes an overview of the other types of applications that can be developed with Developer.

Organization of this chapter

1.1 Features of developing J2EE applications with Developer

1.2 Tools provided by Developer

1.3 Machine configuration for the development environment

1.4 Format of J2EE applications developed with Developer

1.5 Procedure for developing J2EE applications

1.6 Developing other applications

1.7 Notes on using Windows 8, Windows 7, or Windows Vista

1.8 Notes on the descriptions in this manual