Step 1: Plan

Before you begin designing and developing your application, you should take the time to prepare your development environment and gather information.

• Install development tools on your workstation. WebSphere Application Server - Express for iSeries ships with WebSphere Development Studio Client for iSeries. This tool consolidates development tools for traditional and e-business application development to the Eclipse-based Integrated Development Environment (IDE) WebSphere Studio Workbench. For more information on the WebSphere Development Studio Client, see Application development tools.

• Collect the necessary documentation and resources.
  • WebSphere Application Server - Express for iSeries documentation and the WebSphere Application Server - Express APIs documentation from the WebSphere Application Server - Express for iSeries website
  • Sun Microsystems Java Servlet 2.3 API Specification and Javadoc
  • Sun Microsystems JavaServer Pages 1.2 Specification
  • The JNDI Tutorial: Building Directory-Enabled Java Applications
  • Fundamentals of the JavaMail
  • JavaServer Pages Technology
  • Custom Tags in JSP Pages
  • JavaBeansTM 101, Part I