We are starting in Java and JSP

[tomavery]

My developers are busy learning Java with java script and JSP. Currently we use IIS4.0/5.0(NT/Win2K) with ASP against an Oracle back end. My question is I'm all for progress, but what can I use to serve these JSP pages? I cant seem to find an IIS way to do it. Is it a separate server that works in conjunction with IIS or will IIS do it or do we need to replace the whole shooting match with another web server.

And how well do these pages work with IE 5 and IE 5.5?

Thanks for any comments
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[LittleWing]

u can keep the webserver but u need a servelt engine to run a jsp. u can download one from the apache corp at

http://www.apache.org

and look for the jarkarta/tomcat project. its all free and it will run your jsp's. warning though, the documentation for the tools isn't the bast but its there. you will then configure iis to pass any servlet or jsp requests to the new server. u will also nee dwither a jdk or jre onyour machine as tomcat is a pure java app. it is a web server also but its rather slow compared to others onthe market so using both server together is your best option. thats the low cost option. if u want the best, try apache/weblogic or iplanet/weblogic.

 

[wushutwist]

I recommend downloading Resin from

http://www.caucho.com

. It is easier to setup and faster than Tomcat/Jakarta.
As for how IE handles jsp. Well jsp is just like asp in the sense that it spits out html (or xml or whatever else you may want). So in terms of IE there is no difference though as you may know the whole client-side javascript (which is not java btw) is a mess between IE and Netscape.
Wushutwist