This chapter explains the concepts of work items and work item viewers, and describes how to develop work item viewers for EPX, both as simple HTML pages and as Java Server Pages. Java Server Pages combine a markup language (either HTML or XML) with Java code to produce dynamic Web pages that are automatically compiled into servlets on request.
In addition, this chapter explains how to create “Box Profiles,” which allow TaskManager users to see particular properties of work item versions in the TaskManager Inbox without having to open individual work item versions for viewing.
This chapter assumes familiarity with HTML, XML, Web servers, Java, and some prior knowledge of how to develop and use Java Server Pages.