Preface

Purpose   

This guide tells you how to develop and deploy applications with SilverStream.

Audience   

Use this guide if you're a programmer responsible for building or maintaining SilverStream applications. This includes applications that you develop with SilverStream and/or third-party tools, and that you run on the SilverStream Application Server.

Prerequisites   

SilverStream is based on a set of industry-standard technologies about which you'll need a basic understanding:

• Java

• Relational databases

• The Internet and Web applications

You'll find learning materials on these topics readily available from a variety of public and commercial sources.

Organization   

Here's a summary of the topics you'll find in this guide.

Unit	Description
Starting Your Development Project	Some fundamental guidelines to ensure a successful project and a quality application
Core Programming	Basic programming skills you'll need for your application development work in SilverStream
Accessing Data	How to enable your applications to access the relational databases and other data sources they require
Developing HTML Clients	How to develop an HTML user interface for the client portion of your applications (to display one or more pages)
Developing Java Clients	How to develop a Java user interface for the client portion of your applications (to display one or more forms)
Developing Enterprise JavaBeans	How to develop the middle tier of your applications by using Enterprise JavaBeans to encapsulate business logic and data access on the SilverStream Application Server
Developing Triggered Business Objects	How to develop the middle tier of your applications by using triggered business objects to perform event-driven processing on the SilverStream Application Server
Extending Your Applications	How to develop your applications to use a variety of external objects and services
Deploying Your Applications	How to release your completed applications to end users