What Is a Web Application?

A key benefit of programming in Java is the capability to write and compile code on one platform and expect it to run on another platform with similar results.

The Web application attempts to define a self-contained directory structure containing all the files and definitions on how to deploy and execute the application. This attempts to expand on the portability of the Java language to an entire Web-based application encompassing static HTML pages, images, and dynamic content generation to provide a consistent presentation across various server platforms.

The Web application infrastructure requires the creation of a specific root directory to contain all the resources required for execution. All the HTML pages, JSP, ...

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