Re: Java server technology question?

Knute Johnson wrote:
> My total exposure to web delivered Java is Applets.  What is the current

> Java technology that you would use to create an interactive website that

> requires a database to manage data on the server end?  I'm looking for 
> the simplest technology to do this.  The web server that I am familiar 
> with is Apache.  Does Apache have built-in Java capabilities?
> 
> Thanks very much,
> 
Apache (the web server) does not have Java built in. Apache (the 
foundation) has Apache-Tomcat which is a Servlet and JSP engine. It is 
relatively simple to integrate the two via mod_proxy or mod_jk2. In both 
cases Apache handles static content and transparently p***** JSP and 
Servlet calls to Tomcat.

You can use either Servlets or JSP to connect to resources on the server 
including (obviously) your database. JSP can be thought of as html pages 
with integrated java code while Servlets are more like applications that 
easily handle GET, POST, etc. calls. While a Servlet can be built to 
write to output and generate an html page, JSP is the better route for
that.

Most db have ready made jdbc drivers to make that process relatively 
painless as well.


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