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> ## Getting Started with Enterprise Beans

> This chapter shows how to develop, deploy, and run a simple Java EE application named `converter`. The purpose of `converter` is to calculate currency conversions between Japanese yen and Eurodollars. `converter` consists of an enterprise bean, which performs the calculations, and two types of clients: an application client and a web client.

> Here's an overview of the steps you'll follow in this chapter:

> 1. Create the enterprise bean: `ConverterBean`.
> 2. Create the application client: `ConverterClient`.
> 3. Create the web client in `converter-war`.
> 4. Deploy `converter` onto the server.
> 5. From a terminal window, run `converterClient.jar`.
> 6. Using a browser, run the web client.

> Before proceeding, make sure that you've done the following:

> - Read Chapter 1.
> - Become familiar with enterprise beans (see Chapter 20).
> - Started the server (see Starting and Stopping the Application Server, page 28).