Two New Java Articles By Saikat Goswami

There's a useful couple of new articles on Orafaq by Saikat Goswami that are worth taking a look at if you're thinking about developing on the J2EE platform.

"Introduction to Java Database Connectivity" discusses the different ways in which Java can communicate with a database, and talks about the traditional different kinds of drivers together with some sample code to illustrate some connection scenarios

"HTTP Basics, Web Server, Servlet Container and the Java Servlet API" demystifies terms such as HTTP, "servlet", "web server", "application server" and "servlet container", giving the some background to the Java Servlet API that comes with the J2EE SDK.