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Part 2: Getting Started: Installation and Setup

Getting a Servlet-Capable Web Server

Your next step is to obtain and install a Web server that supports Java servlets, or to install a servlet package in your existing Web server.

If you're just learning servlets, the simplest option is to use the "servlet runner" included with Sun's JSWDK. This is a very simple server just for running servlets, not a serious Web server.

When you're ready to install servlets in a real Web server, check out the long list of available options at http://java.sun.com/products/servlet/runners.html.

Some of the mostpopular free servers include Apache (with JServ), the WWW Consortium's Jigsaw, and Sun's Java Web Server. Although Sun's Java Web Server is not completely free, it does have a free 30-day evaluation and a free permanent version for education and teaching, and is one of the few Web servers that already support the servlet 2.1 and JSP 1.0 specifications.

One of the most popular servlet plugins is Allaire's JRun, which lets you add servlet support to Netscape FastTrack and Enterprise servers (although recent versions support servlets directly), Microsoft IIS, Microsoft Personal Web Server, StarNine's WebSTAR, O'Reilly's WebSite Pro, and Apache.

This tutorial is now available as a book: Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages by Marty Hall, published by Sun Microsystems Press. Read all about it at CoreServlets.com

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