Hi
I am in the process of totally recreating our website and apart from the
layout and design, I am looking into what underlying technology would be
best. For dynamic html I have decided I would like to stick to jsp and
servlets. I also would like to run my webserver on a linux platform. I
may also use a little perl for legacy stuff, but any new server side
scripts should be mainly java.
What I am not so sure about is whether I would go for Apache + tomcat or
use j2ee and ejb. The latter seems to be used extensively, but when I
downloaded it and did the tutorial from Sun (although I am sure the
technology is very good) I found it to be somewhat cumbersome, with a
complex process in creating jars, then ears, then adding an interface
for the client etc. To start using an application, you have to start a
client service on the server for every .ear package you have written -
again, perhaps a bit cumbersome and more suitable for very large
websites where a lot of specific control is needed?
Also: what I am not sure about is whether j2ee uses a full version of
Apache with Tomcat: if you start j2ee it states is is using apache and
tomcat, but I can't find any apache nor tomcat files anywhere. Would it
be as fast as using Apache with tomcat on their own?
My question is: what are the advantages of j2ee over just using Apache
with tomcat, as I see j2ee is so widely used. Secondly, can you write
javabeans easily WITHOUT using j2ee (e.g. just using Apache with tomcat
for jsp and servlets, then using the ejb jar package).
Are there other options I should consider, given I would like to go with
java for server-side scripts on a linux platform, using Apache as the
webserver?
Thanks
Hugo
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Dr Hugo Bouckaert
R&D Support Engineer, Fractal Graphics
57 Havelock Street, West Perth 6005
Western Australia 6009
Tel: +618 9211 6000
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Web: http://www.fractalgraphics.com.au
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