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title: Introduction to WebObjects Direct to Web Guide
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# Introduction to WebObjects Direct to Web Guide

Introduces the Java-based technology for creating web applications that access a database. Includes examples of customizing applications.

## Organization of This Document

This book provides an introduction to Direct to Web and then describes the concepts you’ll need to know when you customize a Direct to Web application.

To help you find what you are looking for, this book is divided into three remaining chapters:

[An Introduction to Direct To Web](../WalkThrough/WalkThrough.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001015-DontLinkChapterID_5-TPXREF101) shows how to build a Direct to Web project and perform simple customization tasks on it.

[Direct to Web Architecture](../Architecture/Architecture.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001015-DontLinkChapterID_2-TPXREF101) describes the components and classes involved in generating Direct to Web pages.

[Customizing a Direct to Web Application](../Customizing/Customizing.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001015-DontLinkChapterID_3-BABJCFJA) discusses several ways to customize the behavior of a Direct to Web application and presents three full examples:

- a property-level component that edits dates using pop-up lists - a new task page called an edit-list page that edits several objects at a time. - adding authentication to a Direct to Web application.

The first topic is suitable for a WebObjects beginner. The last two topics are intended for a programmer who is already familiar with WebObjects, specifically entity-relationship modeling and the WebObjects request-response cycle. For more information about entity-relationship modeling, see *[WebObjects Enterprise Objects Programming Guide](../../Enterprise_Objects/About/About.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001011)*. For more information about the WebObjects request-response cycle, see *[WebObjects Web Applications Programming Guide](../../Web_Applications/Introduction.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001010)*.

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