Java Servlet Environment

• Remote method invocation across the network
• Dramatically simplifies programming
• Applet or Servlet can initiate action
• Peer to peer communications between applets and servlets
• Example: Servlet stock ticker can update browser applet
• Servlet/JDBC optimizes database performance
• Database connections held open for session
• Proper management number of connections
• Available with Sun Java Web Server running Java 1.1

References

• Java Web Server http://jeeves.javasoft.com/products/java-server/webserver/
• Servlet Development Kit http://jeeves.javasoft.com/products/java-server/sdk/index.shtml
• "Server-side applets in Java generate developer anticipation", by Trisha Gorman, NetscapeWorld, July 1996.