The document discusses the key components and steps for creating and deploying a Java web application. It covers: 1. The main steps to develop a web application including coding components, adding deployment descriptors, compiling, packaging, deploying, and accessing the application. 2. The web components included in the TomEE distribution like JSF, JSP, Servlets. 3. How TomEE+ adds additional components like JAX-RS and JAX-WS. 4. An overview of asynchronous servlets in JavaEE7 which allow non-blocking I/O to improve scalability compared to traditional synchronous approaches.