# The Java EE 7 Tutorial

# 2 Using the Tutorial Examples

This chapter tells you everything you need to know to install, build, and run the examples.

The following topics are addressed here:

- Required Software

- Starting and Stopping GlassFish Server

- Starting the Administration Console

- Starting and Stopping the Java DB Server

- Building the Examples

- Tutorial Example Directory Structure

- Java EE 7 Maven Archetypes in the Tutorial

- Getting the Latest Updates to the Tutorial

- Debugging Java EE Applications