Technical Background

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This is a list of links that a may be useful for getting familiar with the technologies used into the project:

Contents 1 Tomcat: 2 Axis 1.4 3 Log4j 4 Maven 5 Eclipse and Plug-in

[edit] Tomcat:

Tomcat is an open source web application server that supports J2EE Servlets, JSP technologies and APIs. The Instrument Element use a few Servlets in order to display the instruments' information. The following links may be useful for installation, along with

• Introduction to Tomcat 5.5
• Set up Tomcat
• Develop an application with Tomcat

[edit] Axis 1.4

Apache Axis is an open source, XML-based Web service framework. The Instrument Element uses the Java version of Axis as its Web Service Provider.

• Getting into the Java version of Axis
• Getting Started with Axis

[edit] Log4j

Log4j is a Java-based logging utility. The Instrument Element uses this library for logging information and debugging.

• Getting into Log4J

[edit] Maven

Maven is a software project management and comprehension tool. The Instrument Element distribution follows Maven Structure.

• Maven Project
• Maven Quick Start
• Maven in Eclipse

[edit] Eclipse and Plug-in

Eclipse is a software platform comprising extensible application frameworks and tools, and a runtime library for software development and management. It is written primarily in Java to provide software developers and administrators an integrated development environment (IDE).

• Eclipse I reccomend the Eclipse Classic Version.
• Maven Plug-in for Eclipse
• Sysdeo. An Eclipse plug-in for integrating Tomcat into your developing environment. See First_Steps.