Here you will find many tutorials and information pages dealing with development for GeoServer.

It is a WIKI, so feel free to add any tutorials you think are needed. The community would greatly apreciate it!

PostGIS

[PostGIS Docs|GEOSDOC:Prerequisites">PostGIS Docs]

Information Pages

• [Developers Guide|GEOSDOC:Developers Guide">Developers Guide]
• [GeoServer Design|5 GeoTools">GeoServer Design]
• [Useful Ant tasks|GEOSDOC:Build targets">Useful Ant tasks]
• Explanation of the WFS, WMS, and GML Specifications
• [GML Introduction|http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/11/24/tourist.html">GML Introduction]

Developer Tutorials

• [How a GetFeature Request Works|1 How a GetFeature Request Works">How a GetFeature Request Works]
• [Output Strategies|3 Output Strategies">Output Strategies]
• [Create your own Output Format|GEOSDOC:Create your own Output Format">Create your own Output Format]

Below are tutorials that need a home

Setting up Geoserver to work with a database

• PostGIS DataStore
• DB2 DataStore
• Oracle DataStore
• [GEOTDOC:ArcSDE DataStore]
• MySQL DataStore
• Shapefile DataStore

Contributors