[thelist] Java (JSP) engine locally?

[Steve Lewis]

Paul Bennett wrote:

> want to know if their is a distibution similar to phpdev, which will 
> allow me to run a java engine locally under my apache setup. 

You can run Tomcat (which is what I presume you will use for your 
servlet container, but it doesn't matter because all the servlet 
containers I have used come with a stand-alone mode) locally easily 
enough for development purposes.  Look for the docs on running in 
stand-alone mode and it will handle direct HTTP requests (usually on an 
alternate port such as 3714).  This is the environment I am using for 
the time being for my work... until I can secure that 2nd PC (not always 
easy to secure another PC, I know).

I have one recommendation however:  if you can afford the option 
consider setting up a second PC to run your servlet/web service, host 
your code, and run your IDE with debugging (I use Eclipse also, someone 
else already recommended it).  Put your browser on your main PC and run 
all the other apps you need there (project management, email, office 
productivity suite, etc).  Having the browser and the web server running 
in debug mode and the IDE on the same PC (because you will want to use 
the debugger in your IDE) can waste development time and eat up a lot of 
RAM.  You will be happier if you separate these functions.

When I can get my current development/deployment task ready for release 
I will rebuild my main work PC in Linux and I will be using a setup 
similar to my recommendation... the 2nd PC is already built up, I just 
need time to do the rest of the work.

--Steve