Simple Ajax using JSP tutorial

Simple Ajax using JSP tutorial

Ajax is the method of using Javascript, DHTML and the XMLHttpRequest object to perform a GET or POST and return a result without reloading the HTML page. Below is a very simple Ajax example using JSP.


To create first JSP page:
1. Download Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
2. Unzip it and Install Eclipse IDE.
3. Launch Eclipse by clicking eclipse.exe
4. Click File=>New=>Project=>Web=>Dynamic Web Project
5. Click Next button
6. Put ajax in Project name and select 2.3 in Dynamic web module version
7. Click Finish button
8. Right-click on WebContent and click New=>JSP file and create hello.html
9. Replace following code with

Your name:

8. Right-click on WebContent and click New=>File file and create hello.jsp
9. Replace following code:

<%@ page language="java" contentType="application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=ISO-8859-1"
pageEncoding="ISO-8859-1"%>
<%
String w = request.getParameter("w");

String msg = "Hello "+w;
%>
<%=msg%> 10. Click File=>Save
11. Right-click your ajax project.
12. Click Export=>war file
13. In Destination, put c:\ajax.war and click Finish button
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14. Once your EATJ account is activated, login to your EATJ account. Scroll down, you will find UPLOAD WAR FILES section. Click Browser button and go to c:\ and find your ajax.war and click Upload button.
15. Click Restart link. You will see something like http://..eatj.com/
16. Click this link. You will see Tomcat page.
17. Append hello/hello.jsp in your URL such as http://..eatj.com/ajax/hello.html
18. Put your name and click Go button

For this tutorial source code, you can download it at http://www.postpart.com/ajax.war

Database tutorial: http://jspjdbc.blogspot.com/