BEA® WebLogic Platform 7

Chapter 17. Introduction to Servlets

In This Chapter

• CGI—The First Generation of Dynamic Content Generation Tools

• A Better Way—Servlets

• Servlet Technologies

• Creating Your First Servlet

• J2EE Packaging for Servlets—Web Applications

• Running Your First Servlet in WebLogic 7.0

• Servlet Advanced Features

• Servlet Implementation Limitations

CGI—The First Generation of Dynamic Content Generation Tools

In the early days of the World Wide Web, most content available was static in nature. One of the first Web servers available came from CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research in Switzerland. It released httpd, its Web server, in June 1991. At that time, a Web author would create pages, often with just a text editor, and publish them on a Web site. Most ...