In the subsequent chapters, we will learn how to develop JEE applications in Eclipse. But the applications are going to need a JEE application server and a database. We are going to use the Tomcat web container in the initial few chapters and then use the GlassFish JEE application server. We are going to use a MySQL database.

We are going to need these products for many of the applications that we are going to develop. So the following sections describe how to install and configure Eclipse, Tomcat, GlassFish, and MySQL.