Java, JSP and Java Web Server ... What is the relation?

[josel]

Howdy!

I bought a couple of books (JBuilder and Java Programming). I have but glanced through some of the chapters but cannot find anything that mentions the relation between these.

JSP I understand is the scripting version to render web pages. Java itself is a programming language with which I could develop and deploy self standing applications (provided you have the JVM installed) but what about the Java Web Server?

I use MS IIS for my windows machine and I am now experimenting with Apache in my SCO UNIX server. Is JWS same as these? Why should I or should I not install JWS? Is JWS more of a service/daemon and I still need to install IIS or Apache? Can they co-exist?

I guess you noticed I have too many questions and yes, it would be unfair to ask them all at once. I am so mixed up with this subject(s) matter that I am almost looking to go to a local university/institute for training.

One final question:
Q. Besides this forum where else could I find answers to these questions?

Thank you all in advance!


Jose Lerebours



KNOWLEDGE: Something you can give away endlessly and gain more of it in the process! - Jose Lerebours

 

[wolfie78uk]

Hi,

The main purpose of this reply is to tell you that there is a forum on this site dedicated to the Java Web Server. Type "Java" into the forum search and you wil get a list up. Java Web Server is amongst them.

With regard to your other questions :

1) Do you mean that you want to understand the relationship between JBuilder and Java?

2) You can run multiple web servers concurrently. You configure them to listen on different ports.

Cheers,

Si

 

[sedj]

Apache (a web server) either serves static content (images, javascript, css, html files) to the browser, or can pass on requests to Tomcat (a servlet container) for processing by a JSP or Servlet.

JWS is exactly what it says - a web server written in Java.


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