From owner-freebsd-java Thu Jun 13 19: 1:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75C1837B412 for ; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 19:01:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #7) id 17IgOu-000HdU-00; Fri, 14 Jun 2002 03:01:20 +0100 Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.11.6/8.11.1) id g5E21Ju41207; Fri, 14 Jun 2002 03:01:19 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm) Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 03:01:18 +0100 From: j mckitrick To: Joe Shevland Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recommended servlet starter tools? Message-ID: <20020614030118.A41033@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20020613230717.A39656@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from jshevland@j-elite.com on Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 08:47:16AM +1000 X-Scanner: exiscan *17IgOu-000HdU-00*/PqhR9gCJQY* (Manchester Computing, University of Manchester) Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 08:47:16AM +1000, Joe Shevland wrote: | > I just asked about web services, and I'm now trying to decide which jdk | > to use. Do I want the one from IBM, or the latest Linux jdk from Sun? | | /usr/ports/java/jdk13 I would recommend. Its the native one. Is this the one that installs the Linux jdk, then bootstraps a native version? That's an insane amount of wear and tear. | Then, have a look at the Tomcat ports for servlet/JSP functionality... a little learning curve (I think v4 is much easier to configure and integrate). If you get stuck I'm happy to give you some pointers. Ah, excellent! That's exactly what I'm shooting for: a basic Tomcat setup to fool around with Web Services. I don't know much about running a web server, but from what I gather it shouldn't be to hard to get it going. I'll let you know how it goes. jm -- There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary, and those who don't. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message