A step-by-step, hands-on, introduction to developing Java client- and server-based applications using RAD 8 and WAS 8. Topics include: Java Server Faces (JSF), Expression Language (EL), Custom tags, Service Data Objects (SDO), Relational Records, Relational Record Lists, Scripting Variables, Binding, Deployment Descriptors, Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI), Navigation Rules. Table of Contents: 1. Java Basics 2. Java on a PC 3. Graphical User Interface 4. More GUI and the Visual Editor 5. Variables 6. Conditional Logic 7. Application Improvements 8. Servlets 9. Java Server Pages 10. Database Access 11. Custom Tags 12. Java Server Faces