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This manual includes contributions from many members of the Tomcat Project
developer community.  The following authors have provided significant content:
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The information presented is divided into the following sections: 
Introduction -
    Briefly describes the information covered here, with
    links and references to other sources of information.Installation -
    Covers acquiring and installing the required software
    components to use Tomcat for web application development.Deployment Organization -
    Discusses the standard directory layout for a web application
    (defined in the Servlet API Specification), the Web Application
    Deployment Descriptor, and options for integration with Tomcat
    in your development environment.Source Organization -
    Describes a useful approach to organizing the source code
    directories for your project, and introduces the
    build.xmlused by Ant to manage compilation.Development Processes -
    Provides brief descriptions of typical development processes
    utilizing the recommended deployment and source organizations.Example Application -
    This directory contains a very simple, but functionally complete,
    "Hello, World" application built according to the principles
    described in this manual.  You can use this application to
    practice using the described techniques. | 
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