This is not a beginner"s guide: it"s an enterprise developer"s guide to building industrial-strength servlets. Jeff Genender shows exactly how to dramatically improve servlet performance, reliability, and scalability, while simplifying coding and maintenance in large-scale development environments. This book brings together in-depth tutorials, case studies, and reference materials for advanced real-world servlet development. It draws heavily on the author"s own experience in developing servlet architectures from scratch and transforming inferior servlet applications into stable, reliable software. Among the topics covered: creating a reusable base servlet architecture that accelerates development and streamlines maintenance; improving error handling; establishing processes that allow multiple developers to work on the same server projects; and using servlets in sophisticated load balancing and fault tolerance applications. For all enterprise developers working with servlets and related technologies, and for Web developers who need to replace their current server-side technologies with a more powerful solution.