Coder Blogger Web App
A blogging platform for developers, built on classic Java web technologies — JSP, Servlets, and JDBC. Posts are stored in PostgreSQL and served via Apache Tomcat, with a responsive HTML/CSS/JS frontend.
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ABOUT THIS PROJECT
Coder Blogger is a full-stack blogging platform where developers can publish posts about their coding journey. It's intentionally built on the foundational Java web stack — JSP for view templates, Servlets for request handling, JDBC for direct database access, and Apache Tomcat as the runtime — without modern frameworks like Spring Boot.
Posts are stored in PostgreSQL with a schema designed to support clean retrieval, ordering, and presentation. The frontend uses vanilla HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for a responsive reading experience. Deployment is straightforward Tomcat: build the WAR, drop it in, configure JDBC, and the app is live.
Why build it this way in 2026? Because understanding what frameworks abstract over is what makes you better at using frameworks. This project gave me a working knowledge of the entire Java web request lifecycle — from servlet container to database connection — that pays dividends every time I work in Spring.
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