Want to learn JSP

[keroed1]

whats up guys i want to expand my language base so i am planning to learn jsp.
so i wanted to ask a few questions

1. what is needed for me to code in jsp i heard that jsp is similar to asp so i am guessing i can code jsp pages in dreamweaver right?

2. can iis be used as the webserver for the jsp page. or do i need a new webserver

3. can anyone point me to some good tutorials

[keroed1]

no one out there knows jsp that can help me?

[icymint3]

usually suggest NetBeans IDE + Tomcat server... i guess you can use apache too, they have a plugin for everything, tomcat should save you the configuration though. a distribution will likely come with the IDE, server and runtime though.

[keroed1]

usually suggest NetBeans IDE + Tomcat server... i guess you can use apache too, they have a plugin for everything, tomcat should save you the configuration though.

can you show me a link for where i can find a tomcat server i thought i download one and installed but not tooo sure as how to configure it for example wheni create my jsp pages where do i save them? still in c:\inetpub\wwwroot folder? and if the case is that i save it somewhere else where???


a distribution will likely come with the IDE, server and runtime though.

what distribution you talking about?

[seanbee20]

whats up guys i want to expand my language base so i am planning to learn jsp.
so i wanted to ask a few questions

1. what is needed for me to code in jsp i heard that jsp is similar to asp so i am guessing i can code jsp pages in dreamweaver right?


JSP is very similar to ASP and the concept is basically the same (embedding server side language into HTML code) so any HTML editor can be used (notepad, dreamweaver etc) - I highly recommend Dreamweaver



2. can iis be used as the webserver for the jsp page. or do i need a new webserver


I believe this can be done using special software or plugins - I don't remember exactly how now but I have read about this being done. Although this can be done I highly recommend that you get a java web server such as Apache or Apache Tomcat as suggested before at http://www.apache.org/ or http://tomcat.apache.org/ respectively.



3. can anyone point me to some good tutorials


Dreamweaver usually comes with excellent tutorials on all the languages that it supports - this is always my first stop at learning to code a language using dreamweaver... you can try this link also http://www.tutorialguide.net/programming/jsp_programming/

[keroed1]

JSP is very similar to ASP and the concept is basically the same (embedding server side language into HTML code) so any HTML editor can be used (notepad, dreamweaver etc) - I highly recommend Dreamweaver

oh ok cool i understand, i have dreamweaver installed on my pc already so i wil use that.


get a java web server such as Apache or Apache Tomcat as suggested before at http://www.apache.org/ or http://tomcat.apache.org/ respectively.

i download the apache and installed it but unlike iis wheni open it i dont see anywhere for me to create a irtual directory or anything, i am quite unsure what i must do now

[seanbee20]

i download the apache and installed it but unlike iis wheni open it i dont see anywhere for me to create a irtual directory or anything, i am quite unsure what i must do now

You are going to have to read the apache manual - setting up apache is not as easy as creating a site in IIS (from what I remember you may also have to edit some configuration files)

[kevsim]

If you're interested in JSP you may also want to have a look at JSF (Java Server Faces). It is pretty much a Java web development framework that makes developing JSP pages fairly simple as it lends itself to dragging and dropping alot of predefined components unto the web page. You will have to do a little coding in the backend of course.

If you are interested I would suggest that you download Sun Java Studio Creator from http://java.sun.com and follow the turorials at http://developers.sun.com/prodtech/javatools/jscreator/learning/tutorials/index.jsp The Sun Java Studio Creator IDE will help to make your development alot easier as it will generate alot of the JSP, XML and Java code for you automatically.