Chapter 1. An Overview of JasperReports
In this chapter, along with an overview of JasperReports, we explain its capabilities and features. Here is a brief outline of the topics we will cover in this chapter:
A brief history of JasperReports
What JasperReports is and what it can do for us
The JasperReports open source license
The features of JasperReports
JasperReports' class library dependencies
The steps required to generate reports with JasperReports
Where to get support for JasperReports