Tutorials on packaging a Java application [closed]

Question

What are some tutorials and best practices that show to make a build from source code for a Java desktop / Java EE web application?

I want to learn what needs to be packaged as a WAR/JAR from source and how it must be structured?

Answer 1

• JAR: http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/deployment/jar/signindex.html
• WAR: http://java.sun.com/j2ee/tutorial/1_3-fcs/doc/WCC3.html