What's different between beans and servlets?

[moepower]

I'm a Java newbie and would like to know what is the difference between Java beans, servlets, tags, and utils. I'm using JBuilder to code java and am not quite sure what the differences are for those. Btw, is J2EE much different from regular Java?

Sorry for the simplistic question but the Java books I'm reading do not go into much details for these topics.

Thanks,

 

[sekar1]

J2EE is NOT different from JAVA. It is a set of FRAMEWORK designed for developing huge applications for enterprise. It gives you a set rules & pre defined objects that can used to assemble your applications without spending time on building from scratch. You can find a lot of information on SUN's sites. There is also a forum at

http://forum.java.sun.com.,

where you can get a wealth of information.
Hope I did not confuse you. Any specific questions let me know.
All the best.
Sekar.

 

[JJOHNS]

Here's what I can tell you:

Javabeans is a visual tool for creating java applets.

Servlets are java applications that access a database to create dynamic web pages.

tags? I don't know.

Utils. I think you must be talking about java.util.* here. In that case, util is a package of methods that can be imported into any java program. When you do that, all of the methods in the util package can be called by your program, which means you don't have to write a lot of extra code. That's one of the great things about java.

J2EE is regular Java.

I've found the same problem you have with books. I have four Java books right now, and none of them are great. Two of them I don't even use. The other two each have their good points. If you find a good Java book, put up a post. It would be good to know. I'm thinking the "Java Bible" would probably be good. I have a couple of other books from that series that I use a lot. I'll probably get that one, too.

 

[Hattusas]

These books are worth purchasing:
1. JAVA SERVLET PROGRAMING. (O REILLY) ***
2. JAVA SERVET PORGRAMMING (WROX) *****

The second book is really nice book.I don't think there is any need to buy JSP books.Because if you learn the servlets well than you do the actions in servlet and pass the results via JSP. Salih Sipahi
Software Engineer.
City of Istanbul Turkey
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