do i need ant to develop jsp pages with tomcat?
hi, i am new to tomcat. i want to develop jsp pages that should interact with databases like mysql e.g. what is ant needed for? do i need it for simple jsp development. i just downloaded the tomcat binary and installed it. is that all i have to do? thx for help cu bastian
Re: do i need ant to develop jsp pages with tomcat?
At 10:31 AM 19/07/01, you wrote: hi, i am new to tomcat. i want to develop jsp pages that should interact with databases like mysql e.g. what is ant needed for? do i need it for simple jsp development. i just downloaded the tomcat binary and installed it. is that all i have to do? You don't need ant for developing jsp pages - in fact, if all you're doing is jsp it's almost useless. BUT... you won't be only doing jsp, as you'll need beans and other classes (servlets, for example) to do the database access stuff, perhaps a few tags to help with the html, and so on. What ant can do is help build (compile, test, jar, distribute) these files, in a fairly simple way. (You'll probably have noted that tomcat as well as all the other jakarta projects are built using ant...) If you're going to be doing any (semi)serious development, e.g. more than one package, more than 10 or so classes, I'd recommend investing the time in learning ant. -- * Jim Cheesman * Trabajo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (34)(91) 724 9200 x 2360 I have a twin brother; he's identical, but I'm not.
RE: do i need ant to develop jsp pages with tomcat?
Ant is such a powerful tool that I not only use it to compile and distibute my source but, I've started using to do automated tasks in Widows such as, backing up my source code. Try it, it can really make your life easier. -Original Message- From: Jim Cheesman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2001 4:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: do i need ant to develop jsp pages with tomcat? At 10:31 AM 19/07/01, you wrote: hi, i am new to tomcat. i want to develop jsp pages that should interact with databases like mysql e.g. what is ant needed for? do i need it for simple jsp development. i just downloaded the tomcat binary and installed it. is that all i have to do? You don't need ant for developing jsp pages - in fact, if all you're doing is jsp it's almost useless. BUT... you won't be only doing jsp, as you'll need beans and other classes (servlets, for example) to do the database access stuff, perhaps a few tags to help with the html, and so on. What ant can do is help build (compile, test, jar, distribute) these files, in a fairly simple way. (You'll probably have noted that tomcat as well as all the other jakarta projects are built using ant...) If you're going to be doing any (semi)serious development, e.g. more than one package, more than 10 or so classes, I'd recommend investing the time in learning ant. -- * Jim Cheesman * Trabajo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (34)(91) 724 9200 x 2360 I have a twin brother; he's identical, but I'm not.
