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Date:      Wed, 14 Aug 2002 16:10:41 -0400
From:      "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org>
To:        Ernst de Haan <znerd@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Setting up a Java development environment
Message-ID:  <3D5A8101.11032.4200601F@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <200208142004.WAA11667@smtp.hccnet.nl>
References:  <200208141242.11918.branden@portentinteractive.com>

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On 14 Aug 2002 at 22:04, Ernst de Haan wrote:

> Hi Dan,
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 14 August 2002 21:42, Branden Root wrote:
> <-- skipping useful info -->

Oh, someone else replied?  Off to the mailing list archives I go...

> * Use FreeBSD as your development environment, the ports system is unbeaten 
> and there are quite some good Java ports available. And there are 10 JDK's 
> available for FreeBSD (of which 3 are considered unstable).

I do prefer ports over anything else. So that will go a long way 
towards my choice of tools.

> * Use Orion as your web+application server. It is very fast (faster
>   than Apache, depending on the JDK), it supports JSP, servlets, EJB,
>   JMS, JNDI, JDBC, etc.
>   Orion is the core of the current Oracle app server. 
>   Port location: /usr/ports/www/orion
>   More information: http://www.orionserver.com/
>                     http://www.orionsupport.com/

Given that FreshPorts/FreshSource already work on Apache with php, 
how does Orion fit into the picture?

> * Use MySQL as your database if you haven't chosen for PostgreSQL yet. It
>   is very simple and very fast. Orion does come with its own database
>   (Hypersonic SQL) so you may not need MySQL at all.
>   Port location: /usr/ports/databases/mysql323-server
>   More information: http://www.mysql.com/

FWIW, FP/FS already use PostgreSQL. So that's what I'll be pulling 
the data from.

cheers.
-- 
Dan Langille
I'm looking for a computer job:
http://www.freebsddiary.org/dan_langille.php


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