In this chapter, you have been introduced to some of the key technologies we will be using in this book. You have downloaded and installed the MySQL database server, the JDK, and the NetBeans IDE. We then introduced Maven and how it is used to simplify the building and management of Java projects. We finally deployed our skeleton Task Time Tracker project to GlassFish without writing a single line of code.

Although we have added the Spring Framework to our project, we are yet to delve into how it is used. Likewise, we are yet to mention Sencha Ext JS. Be patient, there is plenty more to come! The next chapter will introduce our Task Time Tracker database tables and start our development journey.