need help with getting started

[Dinuka Arsakularatne]

hi guys,

can i know the softwares needed to compile and run programs in the head first book? for SCJP i used JCreator. what are the relevant softwares i need to download to successfully compile and run these programs? and where can i find them? do i need to download j2EE 1.4 as well? please can some one guide me as im not as familiar with j2ee as i am with j2se.

thank you

[Mohd Fuzail]

You will need a container (like tomcat) and JSDK (java 1.5)

Tomcat can be downloaded from Tomcat Site

JDK can be downloaded from Sun Site

For configuration issues of Tomcat please refer Tomcat Configuration Help
[ September 02, 2006: Message edited by: Mohd Fuzail ]

[Dinuka Arsakularatne]

i have j2se 5.0 already. don't you need to have the j2ee 1.4 as well? and regarding tomcat. which one should i download from the following. the site give all these. which one should i downloadn?

Binary Distributions

* Core:
o zip (pgp, md5)
o tar.gz (pgp, md5)
o Windows Executable (pgp, md5)
* Deployer:
o zip (pgp, md5)
o tar.gz (pgp, md5)
* Embedded:
o zip (pgp, md5)
o tar.gz (pgp, md5)
* Administration Web Application:
o zip (pgp, md5)
o tar.gz (pgp, md5)
* JDK 1.4 Compatability Package:
o zip (pgp, md5)
o tar.gz (pgp, md5)
* Documentation (Already Included in Core Downloads):
o tar.gz (pgp, md5)

thank you

[Mohd Fuzail]

* Core:
o tar.gz (pgp, md5) - for Linux
o Windows Executable (pgp, md5) - for Windows