Right now the *tentative* plan is not to use servlets, but rather stick
with JSP. I don't believe that JSP runs in tomcat, but rather
uses a different extention to Apache that is much simpler to work with
than the whole ordeal of setting up and registering tomcat
extentions. I remember trying to get tomcat set up using very
nice configuration tools, and it was difficult even then. JSP is
not as difficult to configure - the URL for the page actually reflects
the location of the page, just like HTML pages in Apache. The
only real difference between JSP and HTML is that JSP is able to
include certain amounts of Java code embedded in mostly static HTML
pages and thereby slightly change the content of the pages. Thus,
the knowledge of Java servlets is very helpful for the coding part,
since it is the same code but the big difference is:<br>
Servlet runs server-side and thus requires large overhead and
configuration on the server's end and the HTML is actually output in
streams<br>
JSP runs (I believe) client-side and is usually used when only a small
amount of data needs to be generated via Java code, since the page is
just HTML with Java snipets inserted.<br>
<br>
--Greg H<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/5/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Lynn Allan</b> <<a href="mailto:l_d_allan@adelphia.net">l_d_allan@adelphia.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I might be able to help out with jsp pages ... it has been several<br>years since I worked with java servlets and tomcat, and I recall it<br>involved LOTS of things to get "knitted together" correctly so that<br>
pages show up ... and the "chain of events" can take some getting used<br>to ...<br><br>My impression is that with a tutorial on how to get a localhost set up<br>for something like apache tomcat, the actual generation of content
<br>pages isn't too bad ... but there was definitely a learning curve ...<br>for me at least<br><a href="http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/java/Servlet-Tutorial/">http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/java/Servlet-Tutorial/</a><br><br>
Seems like some existing crosswire pages could serve as templates,<br>perhaps in a "sandbox" scenario???<br><br>*********************************<br><br>Another thing to bear in mind is the infrastructure of the technology
<br>powering the Web site. There will not be any changes to the<br>infrastructure at this time. For now, we need to stick to using<br>technologies like Apache/Java/JSP for the content rendering, as such<br>as used currently. The firebird database engine is also available. As
<br>Greg H. mentioned, within reason. So, part of "reason" includes those<br>technologies. (I asked what was available and this is the list given<br>to us.)<br><br>God Bless you all!!!<br><br>In Christ,<br>Greg M.
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