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:
Servlet runs server-side and thus requires large overhead and configuration on the server's end and the HTML is actually output in streams
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.

--Greg H

On 11/5/05, Lynn Allan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I might be able to help out with jsp pages ... it has been several
years since I worked with java servlets and tomcat, and I recall it
involved LOTS of things to get "knitted together" correctly so that
pages show up ... and the "chain of events" can take some getting used
to ...

My impression is that with a tutorial on how to get a localhost set up
for something like apache tomcat, the actual generation of content
pages isn't too bad ... but there was definitely a learning curve ...
for me at least
http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/java/Servlet-Tutorial/

Seems like some existing crosswire pages could serve as templates,
perhaps in a "sandbox" scenario???

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Another thing to bear in mind is the infrastructure of the technology
powering the Web site. There will not be any changes to the
infrastructure at this time. For now, we need to stick to using
technologies like Apache/Java/JSP for the content rendering, as such
as used currently. The firebird database engine is also available. As
Greg H. mentioned, within reason. So, part of "reason" includes those
technologies. (I asked what was available and this is the list given
to us.)

God Bless you all!!!

In Christ,
Greg M.


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