Chapter 1: Overview of Servlets and JavaServer Pages

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• New: installation and configuration information for Tomcat 3.1. The final release of Tomcat 3.1 came out after the book went to print. So, this separate page gives a summary of how to install and set it up.
• tomcat-3.0-server.xml Config file for Tomcat 3.0 with port changed to 80. Install as install_dir\server.xml.
• tomcat-3.0-startup.bat Startup file for Tomcat 3.0 with JAVA_HOME entry for use with JDK 1.2. Change JAVA_HOME to fit your local installation. Install as install_dir\startup.bat.
• tomcat-3.1-server.xml Config file for Tomcat 3.1 with port changed to 80. Install as install_dir\conf\server.xml.
• tomcat-3.1-startup.bat Startup file for Tomcat 3.1 with JAVA_HOME entry for use with JDK 1.2. Change JAVA_HOME to fit your local installation. Install as install_dir\bin\startup.bat.
• jswdk-1.01-webserver.xml Config file for JSWDK 1.0.1 with port changed to 80. Install as install_dir\webserver.xml.
• jswdk-1.01-startserver.bat Startup file for JSWDK 1.0.1 with JAVA_HOME entry for use with JDK 1.2. Change JAVA_HOME to fit your local installation. Install as install_dir\startserver.bat.

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• Apache Tomcat. Also see my Tomcat 3.1 configuration summary.
• JavaServer Web Development Kit (JSWDK)
• Java Web Server (general evaluation copy)
• Java Web Server (free educational copy)
• Allaire JRun
• Unify eWave ServletExec (formerly from New Atlanta)
• LiteWebServer (LWS) from Gefion Software. Gefion also has a free plug-in called WAICoolRunner that adds servlet 2.2 and JSP 1.1 support to Netscape FastTrack and Enterprise servers.
• Resin. Another excellent free engine that supports servlets 2.2 and JSP 1.1.
• Servers that support servlets and JSP
• Downloadable documentation for servlets 2.1 and JSP 1.0
• Downloadable documentation for servlets 2.2 and JSP 1.1
• On-line documentation for servlets 2.2 and JSP 1.1
• On-line documentation for J2EE, which includes servlets 2.2 and JSP 1.1.
• Servlet home page
• JSP home page
• J2EE home page

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