This mail is for all Mac users that want to get started with Java Server
Pages on the Mac.
This list is base on the mails I got from Mike Engelhart
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Who helped me to get my server started.
Thanks Mike!
Java Server Pages is the Java worlds answer to Active Server Pages on
NT. Sun has made a free version witch includes a WebServer and an JSP
engine. The package is made in 100% pure Java. So it runs on every Java
platform, and it is free.
Before you can cook you own Java Server Pages, You need to build the
"JSP machine". And here is how to do it.
1. You need the latest MRJ from Apple. MRJ2.1 can be found here:
http://www.apple.com/java/. After download run the installer and install
the MRJ.
2. You also need the latest MRJ SDK 2.1 (Im using 2.0 and that works
great), that can be found here:
http://developer.apple.com/java/text/download.html#sdk. After download
run the installer and install the MRJ SDK.
3. You also need the "JavaServer WDK EA (JavaServer Web Development Kit
1.0 EA)" from Sun. This can be found here:
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/earlyAccess/jsp/. I downloaded
the Win version, but there should be no problem if you download the
Solaris version. After you have downloaded the Zip, unzip it using ZipIt
or StuffIt. You have to be a registered member of developer connection
to get access to the files, but that it's free. So go ahead an register
yourself.
4. After you have unziped the zip file, place the unziped folder
"jswdk-1.0-ea" on the desktop. Now locate the "MRJ SDK 2.1" folder and
open it. Inside that folder is another folder named "JBindery" and
inside that folder an app with the same name.
5. Now launche the app "jBindery". Click on the"Command" icon and add
this to the Class name field: "com.sun.web.shell.Startup". Leave the
optional parameters blank.
6. Click on the "Classpath" icon. Click on the "add .zip file..." button
and add the following files: "webserver.jar" which is in the root of
your "jswdk-1.0-ea" folder. Also add the following files which are in
the "lib" folder: "jsp.jar" and "jspengine.jar" and "servlet.jar"
7. Click on the "add folder..." button and ad the following folder
"beans" locate in examples/WEB-INF/jsp/
8. Now you are ready to save these setting as an click able application.
Click on the "Save Settings..." button, and give your "app" a name (ex.
JSP Server) and make sure the check box "save as App" is checked. Make
sure that you save the app in the root of the "jswdk-1.0-ea" folder.
9. Now you have embedded these setting in an application file. Now
locate your "JSP Server" application and double click on it. Wait a few
seconds, and your server should be up an running. The app will quit if
it cant find a IP number. Go into your TCP/IP control panel and assign a
permanent IP number (ex. 127.0.0.1). Then try to run the app again.
10. The JPS Server will run at port 8080 by default. You can change that
by opening the "default.cfg" file in a text editor and change the
"server.port" from 8080 to 80, witch is the default port for WebServers.
11. Now here is where the fun begins. Open your web browser and type in
the IP number you assigned to you mac in the TCP/IP control panel.
(http://127.0.0.1) or (http://127.0.0.1:8080) if you didn't change the
port setting in the "default.cfg" file.
12. Now, explore the example and when your are ready, cook your own JSP.
Regards, Niels Peter Strandberg
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