Java for web development

Question

How java is used for web development? Also is the standar syntax and code used for web purposes or is it different?
Any book to recommend?

Answer 1

Yes, of course standard Java syntax is used for web development. However there are standards, specifications and implementations to make web development easier.

You can use the Servlet API and a servlet container (Tomcat, Jetty for example but the are many others).

There are web frameworks which make web development easier than using Servlets directly. Examples: Struts 2, Spring MVC

There is a Java EE standard to make more robust enterprise applications easily. JBoss for example is a free Java EE compliant application server.

The other way to use Spring instead of the Java EE stack. It is a very popular library (plenty of libraries) which covers every aspect of server-side programming.

http://www.journaldev.com/1854/java-web-application-tutorial-for-beginners

http://docs.oracle.com/javaee/7/tutorial/

https://docs.spring.io/docs/Spring-MVC-step-by-step/

Answer 2

Web frameworks like Spring, hibernate, Struts are used for web developement in Java.

Check this book :- Basam, Sierra & Bates. "Head First Servlets & JSP (2012), 3rd Edition," O'Reilly Media.