The document provides an overview of Java web applications and deployment using Apache Tomcat web application server. It discusses what a web container is, how Tomcat works as a web container, and how to install, run and configure Tomcat. It also describes how to create Java web applications that can be deployed as WAR files, and how to define servlets and mappings in the web deployment descriptor (web.xml). Finally, it shows how to create a simple web application and deploy it on Tomcat.