BEA WebLogic Server™ 8.1 Unleashed

Creating a Web Application

So far, we've gone through the essentials of a Web application and how client requests are processed. Now let's go over some of the development strategies and common concepts that encompass Web application development. As with most application development, Web application development can also be categorized into multiple stages as described in Figure 6.4. The life cycle described in Figure 6.4 looks similar to the classic spiral model of software development. There are distinct outputs from each of the steps described. Let's look at some of the important artifacts that are produced as part of the Web application development process. We already mentioned some of the elements that make up the Web application in the previous ...