I understand that you are eager to type some code in your editor and run it to see your first Java application in action! Do not worry, your expectation will be fulfilled by the end of this tutorial.

JSP stands for Java Servlet Pages, a shorthand way of writing simple Servlets, more akin to other web scripting languages like PHP and ASP. A JSP file basically contains HTML, but with embedded JSP ...

Ok, so what - in slightly more detail - is a Java Servlet? A Java Servlet is a Java class that subclasses from class HttpServlet and usually overrides the doGet (or doPost) method. These methods will ...