Looking for a very basic tutorial on how to build a Java web app

[Cathy Chlevner]

I need to build a small web app (or desktop application, but since it was suggested that I use Tapestry BeanDisplay etc components, i'm seriously looking into the web app route)
Problem is, I have close to zero experience in this area (+a year or so in server-side programming in Java)

Will appreciate links to tutorials etc, as right now I'm not even sure of terms methods etc.

[Paul Sturrock]

This will give you some background on web applications.

[Cathy Chlevner]

Thanks for the link.
What application server would you recommend I use?

Paul Sturrock wrote:This will give you some background on web applications.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Cathy Chlevner wrote:What application server would you recommend I use?

Tomcat: http://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi. You want the "Core" distribution. It comes with servlet and JSP examples.

Note that Tomcat is a web server and servlet container -so it can run Java web apps- but it is not a full JEE server - meaning it doesn't support EJBs, JMS and other such APIs.