Practical JSF in Java EE 8: Web Applications ​in Java for the Enterprise

© Michael Müller 2018

Michael MüllerPractical JSF in Java EE 8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3030-5_2

2. Foundations

Michael Müller¹ 

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Brühl, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

 

For web development, a few different technologies are used. This chapter discusses the basics of some of those and mentions other important technologies, including the following:

• Web applications

• Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP)

• Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

• Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

• JavaScript

• Java

• Maven

• Selenium and Arquillian

• Servlets

• Deployment

Web Applications

When I use the term web application in this book, I’m going by the following definition :

A web application is a client-server application interacting dynamically with the user via a web browser.

Thus, we are talking ...