Creating a Web Application Project

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A web application is an application written for the Internet, including those built with Java technologies such as JavaServer Pages and servlets, as well as those built with non-Java technologies such as CGI and Perl.

A web application roughly corresponds to the J2EE term web application module. This is a deployable unit that consists of one or more web components, other resources, and web application deployment descriptors, contained in a hierarchy of directories and files in a standard web application format.

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In the IDE, you create applications and modules in projects. The web application project is the project that you use to create web applications and web application modules.

To create a web application project:
  1. Choose File > New Project (Ctrl-Shift-N).
  2. From the Web category, select one of the following project templates:
  3. Follow the steps in the rest of the wizard.
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About Standard Projects
About Free-Form Projects

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