Why and when to perform this task
In the Assembly Toolkit, you create and maintain resources for Web applications in Web projects. There are two types of Web projects, dynamic and static. Dynamic web projects can contain dynamic J2EE resources such as servlets, JavaServer Pages (JSP) files, filters, and associated metadata, in addition to static resources such as images and HTML files. Static Web projects only contain static resources.Dynamic Web projects are always imbedded in enterprise application projects. Creating a Web project in the Assembly Toolkit requires that an enterprise application (EAR) project exist, or the Assembly Toolkit creates one for you. Creating a Web project updates the application.xml deployment descriptor of the specified enterprise application project to define the Web project as a module element. If you are importing a WAR file rather than creating a Web project new, the WAR Import wizard requires that you specify a Web project, which already requires an EAR project.
This article describes how to create a dynamic Web project using the Assembly Toolkit. For instructions on how to create a static Web project, see the Assembly Toolkit online help. In the Assembly Toolkit, click Help > Help Contents > Assembly Toolkit information > Web development > Tasks > Working with Web projects > Creating new static Web projects.
Steps for this task
What to do next
You can now begin creating or importing content for your Web project using the New File wizards or the Import wizards available from the File menu.