This tutorial is all about implementing a Web-based calendar using open source technology. Specifically Java Servlets, Tomcat Server and MySQL database. All tools used to create and implement this project are open source projects and are free for the download under the GNU License Agreement. The freeness of open source projects allows practitioners to explore new technologies without incurring a huge investment. Furthermore, the software gets better as the project evolves which benefits everybody, end-users and developers a like.

This tutorial assumes that you are running Microsoft Windows. The tutorial has been tested under the Windows XP Professional operating system but should work fine under any of the Windows 2000 family. Summarizing what you will be doing in this tutorial comprises of four basic steps which should be completed in order.
1) Download the necessary tools and files (What you need and Where to get the download)
2) Install applications (Installation:)
3) Implementation and finally
4) Running the Web calendar
The order in which you download the different tools or install them really doesn’t matter except for the Java Virtual Machine(JVM) which needs to be installed first. This tutorial can be done in sections so you don’t have to complete the whole tutorial in one sitting. Have fun with the tutorial and this useful application!!!

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