The goal of this assignment is to get Tomcat running and modify a simple JSP example presented in class. The necessary modifications all use coding constructs demonstrated in class. In particular, you will modify the rate2 application so that it also takes a comment, allows the user to confirm the rating, and provides a summary of all ratings and comments.
Download and run the examples presented on the first day of class. They include the applications that start with rate.html, rate2.html and formExample.html. Here are instructions for installing and running Tomcat. Also, included are instructions for running the examples and how to run Tomcat in the CTI lab. Make simple changes to the HTML formatting so that you can see their effects through a Web browser.
For all class assignments, you are strongly encouraged to take an incremental approach when developing your applications. That is, implement one feature and test it before preceding to the next requirement. Trying to write the whole assignment before you do any testing will make it much harder to resolve any problems in your code. To encourage incremental development, this first assignment provides a step by step approach.
You may complete this assignment with at most one other student taking this course. Make sure that the names of the authors are included as comments in all submitted files.
Each file should have a short comment explaining what the file does. Complex code should also be annotated with appropriate comments.
You are encouraged to further format the html in the files so that their content is aesthetically displayed. Neatness and elegance count!
You should submit a zip file that includes the contents of your web application files. Use the assignment submission application on the Distance Learning Web site.
If you are completing this assignment with one other student, make sure both names are commented in all html and jsp files. Only one submission is needed.