You guys must be getting sick of posts like this one...perhaps. But I really have tried my hardest, and searched BBS for help...so if you could help, I'd appreciate it.
I use Windows XP.
I'm just trying to get a simple
JSP working. I downloaded
tomcat. What I should say is that I downloaded what I understood to be a preconfigured (as much as you can preconfigure it) version of tomcat. I've followed my Wrox book for modifying the classpath, path, etc. My simple jsp file just will not work. Its not an error in the jsp code, I know that much. When I got tomcat I didn't have to instal it in the true sense. After unzipping the file I was presented with all relevant tomcat files in their correct folders, subfolders, etc. I'll have to say, I think that may be the problem. The Apache web site, I find, just isn't very illuminating. I am not sure if I need other software to be install aswell as tomcat. I have j2sdk1.4.0 already installed. I had problems getting
servlets working on my university network during my MSc as well. I just find the whole thing, at the moment, frustrating. But I really want to learn JSP.
I also cannot see how to get tomcat started up - with this not being a normal instal of a piece of software. I have tried it from the command line, but with no luck. Its quite likely that tomcat isn't running at all. But I can't see how to get a copy of tomcat that will actually install - after many searches on the web, and looking at the Apache site I still non the wiser.