Java Application Packaging Tutorials

Question

What are some tutorials and guidelines that show how to build from source code for a Java / Java EE web application?

I want to know what needs to be packaged as a WAR / JAR from the source and how should it be structured?

Answer 1

• JAR: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/deployment/jar/signindex.html
• WAR: http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tutorial/1_3-fcs/doc/WCC3.html

Answer 2

If you are using Maven :

• maven war plugin
• banks are created simply by issuing mvn package

Maven , . , .

Answer 3

Here are some links to get you started:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAR_(Sun_file_format)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAR_(file_format)

See the external links section for more information.

EDIT: Sorry the links are broken, you need to add a ')' closure at the end.