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There are many ways that the RedBank application can be improved, by adding features or using other technologies. Some of these are covered in other chapters of this book, including these:

Using a database rather than HashMaps-Chapter | 1, Developing database applications

Using EJBs to store the model-Chapter | 4, Developing EJB applications

Using Struts to handle the requests-Chapter | 5, Developing Web applications using Struts

Using JSF components rather than JSTL-Chapter | 6, Developing Web applications using JSF

Debugging the application-Chapter | 4, Debugging local and remote applications

The Help feature provided with Application Developer has a large section on Developing Web sites and applications. It contains reference information for all the features presented in this chapter and further information about topics only covered briefly here, including JSP tag libraries, security, and use of the Web Diagram Editor.

Finally, the following URLs provide further information for the topics covered in this chapter:

Sun Java Servlet Technology Home page-Contains links to the specification, API Javadoc, and articles on servlets.

http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/index.jsp

Sun JavaServer Pages Technology Home page-Home page for technical information about JSPs:

http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/jstl/

Sun JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL)-Home page for technical information about JSTL:

http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/jstl/

Online Color Scheme-Useful for figuring out the hex code for a particular color:

http://www.colorschemer.com/online.html

JSP and Servlets best practices-This is an old article, but it articulates clearly the different ways of applying an MVC pattern to JSPs and servlets:

http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/javaserverpages/servlets_js
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Experience J2EE! Using WebSphere Application Server V6.1, SG24-7297

This book has an excellent section on implementing J2EE security in WebSphere Application Server:

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247297.html

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