IMO, JSP is a bit much for small server/low volume... unless you just want the experience of working with it. PHP, though it has it's vulnerabilities, is a little easier to install and work with while providing similar functionality. Just depends what your motivations are...
Tomcat from what I've heard is better to deal with for JSP - easier to install, and JBoss is/was a little lacking on the documentation. But you will want to install Tomcat for use with Apache, not standalone.
I detest JBuilder :)
I've seen it put in too much unnecessary code, package what didn't need to be and is a pain if you want to re-use code because it puts everything into packages. I haven't used any other Java IDE that I can think of right now, but I had heard of JEdit - for Windows, TextPad is good though - very easy to add in Java compiler support after you've installed the SDK.
Just my .02,
Andrew
-----Original Message-----
From: Cameron Nikitiuk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 9:13 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: (clug-talk) Suggestions? (was RE: (clug-talk) Problems with MS World Domination)
For database, I think I'd prefer Postgres - everything I've heard about
MySql makes me think it's to databases what MS Access is. Whereas Postgres
seems to be more on par with Oracle/MS SQL Server.
I read in an article something that said exactly what you mentioned here.
He indicated that Postgre focuses on standards compliancy and parallel
itself to Oracle. I believe it was originally developed out of a leading
enterprise-level SQL database in the mid-90's. But the interview said that
MySQL is very similar to Access and is quite popular for web-based
applications.
The J2EE platform is an unknown to me. I have limited experience in
Java/JSP, but am aware of some of the packages. Would Tomcat or JBoss be
the better choice? (small server, low volume) - also I'd hope that my
experiences here would be of use at work where we deal with large and small
companies.... Oh, and what about the development tool? I'll be sticking
with my Win2K workstation for now and will likely use JBuilder - does it
behave well with Tomcat/JBoss?
Did you check at Sun Micrososytems (www.sun.com) for this kind of stuff? I
believe they have an open osource J2EE platform, but I could be wrong.
Cameron
