Where we have to put the .class file in Tomcat Directory

Question

Where do I have to put my *.class file in Tomcat Directory?

In my Java-Complete Reference book, they told to put it in C:\Program Files\Apache Tomcat 4.0\webapps\examples\WEB-INF\classes. But now i'm using Tomcat 7.0. There is no folder exists with the name "examples" in webapps.

How can I fix this? Can you tell me links that will illustrate Servlets from beginning?

Answer 1

Just create one yourself. Any folder which you create in Tomcat/webapps will become a standalone webapplication. You don't even need to name it explicitly /examples. You can even name it /beer. You then just have to change the URL from http://localhost:8080/examples to http://localhost:8080/beer.

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That said, I think it's better to look for a more recent book than the one mentioning Tomcat 4.0 which is already over a decade old. There might be more old fashioned advices/practices in the book which really can't be done anymore nowadays (for example, cough, scriptlets). Those books are more recent (in order from newest to older):

• Murach Servlets and JSP
• Head First Servlets & JSP
• Core Servlets and JSP

To learn JSP/Servlets online, I can recommend the tutorials and ebook at coreservlets.com:

• Beginning and intermediate JSP/Servlet tutorials
• Advanced JSP/Servlet tutorials
• Core Servlets and JSP ebook

See also:

• Java EE web development, what skills do I need?
• Servlet lifecycle and multithreading