Eric Fickes wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I don't mean to post such a newbie question to the list, but I've spent the
> last two days reading sun's sites, java/jsp sites, pdf specifications, and I
> now have two JSP books (WROX Professional JSP, and SAMS Pure JSP), and I'm
> more confused than when I began my quest to learn JSP. I've got two
> questions that I can't seem to answer no matter where I look, and I hope
> someone on this list could take the time to answer them for me.
>
> 1.Should I know JAVA before trying to learn jsp?
For anything more than trivial examples, you need to either know Java or
have access to third party JavaBeans and/or JSP custom actions (or
access to a Java programmer that can develop these components for you).
You can find beans and custom actions at various sites, such as
the sites listed at
<http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/resources.html>
If you use this type of components, you should not need to know much
Java (if any) to develop your application.
<vendor>
If you're interested, the company I run offers a JSP custom action
library for database access, sending email, file manipulation and more,
called InstantOnline Basic for JSP. A preview version is available at
<http://www.gefionsoftware.com/InstantOnline/>
Using this library you don't need to put any Java code whatsoever in
your JSP Pages (even though can if you want to, of course).
</vendor>
> 2.What do I need to have installed to get going when I finally start
> creating jsps?
I recommend that you get Tomcat 3.2 Beta 2. It's the reference implementation
for the JSP 1.1 specification. You can use it stand-alone, as a small
servlet/JSP enabled web server.
<http://jakarta.apache.org/>
Hans
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Gefion Software http://www.gefionsoftware.com
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