What I want to run on my webpage is AJAX push via icefaces.org opensource code (asynchronous, web-based push of presentation changes to the client browser based on server-side events) to do this I believe I need NIO (I think NIO is also referred to as APACHE MINA project or another name I have seen but cannot find info on is 'Comet')
I would also like a Blogger like WordPress or Apache ROLLER So I am unsure if I need Apache, Tomcat or both? Many Thanks, Ayden > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Does Tomcat do the same thing as Apache? ie http; as well as the bonus >> of >> java? >> >> I am using PhP, and would to like to also have Java/AJAX?J2EE on my web >> page, and I am not sure if I need both Apache and Tomcat, or can just >> use >> Tomcat? (I dont know if it will do everything that Apache does plus >> more?) >> > Ayden, > the way your question is asked, it is not certain that using Tomcat > would really bring you any advantage. Can you explain what you mean > exactly by "have Java/AJAX?J2EE on my web page" ? > What do you want to achieve ? > > To give you a quick overview : > > Both Apache and Tomcat are free and open source software; they are both > developed by volonteers, who do this for fun (and sometimes hubris). > They are both impressive, powerful pieces of software, and are both used > by thousands of websites. > Both Apache and Tomcat can act as webservers, to serve static html > pages, images and other documents. Both Apache and Tomcat can deliver to > your browser html pages containing "Java applets", which are small Java > programs which run in your browser and on your web page. > But the way Apache and Tomcat work inside is very different, and their > configurations are also very different (*). > Tomcat can run applications written in Java, on the server side (that's > where J2EE lives); Apache cannot do that. On the other hand, there are > many things that Apache can do easily, which are a lot more complicated > to do with Tomcat. For example processing PHP instructions embedded in > html pages on the server side, or running perl cgi-bin scripts. > Apache and Tomcat can also work together and split the work between > them, but you have to add and configure a connector for that. > Both have a good user support list, this one for Tomcat and > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" for Apache. The people on both are very helpful, even > to beginners. But the ones on this list sometimes have a tendency to be > a bit elitist (talking about classes all the time) and sometimes obscure > (contexts, objects, factories, etc.. ). > Ajax has not much to do with either Apache or Tomcat. It is javascript > code that runs in the browser, not on the server. But you can use html > pages with Ajax stuff with both Tomcat and Apache, from that point of > view it's the same. > > (*) For example, Apache has basically one configuration file, written as > plain text; Tomcat has many configuration files all over the place, and > they are written in XML. For example also, it takes 2 lines to create a > couple of Apache logfiles, and what is in them is usually quite clear; > in Tomcat, it takes .. many lines to create a logfile; you gets lots of > them, but what is in them is more difficult to read. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
