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Chris ( Val )
Hi gang,
Have been playing with core Java lately, and would like to get into
J2EE
programming, but am not certain which is the best platform/
implementation
for me to begin learning with.
I have been using Tomcat 6 with the JDK 1.6 so far to create some
JSP's
and Servlets and even connect to an Oracle database.
I'm not sure what else I need to work with the enterprise things or
even if
Tomcat can handle them, E.g - EJB's with CMP, BMP, JNDI, JNI and even
Web Services?
Have I got everything I need right there or do I need to install
additional
modules etc?
If so, what?
If so, is it worth doing that or going for something like WebSphere
Community edition and can that do everything I need?
What about Sun's own bundle with Netbeans and glass fish?
JBoss + Eclipse?
Oracles OC4J only? or the whole application server bundle?
Do I need or should I use ant?
You can see why I am so confused, because there are just way
too many choices
I would really appreciate some advice on the best way to go about it,
so the skills I gain can be transferable across different application
servers - Well, at least I would like to be able to troubleshoot the
code and understand the way things are deployed.
It is also important to me that there is good documentation available
for the recommended application container, etc...
Thanks in advance, gotta run.
Chris
Have been playing with core Java lately, and would like to get into
J2EE
programming, but am not certain which is the best platform/
implementation
for me to begin learning with.
I have been using Tomcat 6 with the JDK 1.6 so far to create some
JSP's
and Servlets and even connect to an Oracle database.
I'm not sure what else I need to work with the enterprise things or
even if
Tomcat can handle them, E.g - EJB's with CMP, BMP, JNDI, JNI and even
Web Services?
Have I got everything I need right there or do I need to install
additional
modules etc?
If so, what?
If so, is it worth doing that or going for something like WebSphere
Community edition and can that do everything I need?
What about Sun's own bundle with Netbeans and glass fish?
JBoss + Eclipse?
Oracles OC4J only? or the whole application server bundle?
Do I need or should I use ant?
You can see why I am so confused, because there are just way
too many choices
I would really appreciate some advice on the best way to go about it,
so the skills I gain can be transferable across different application
servers - Well, at least I would like to be able to troubleshoot the
code and understand the way things are deployed.
It is also important to me that there is good documentation available
for the recommended application container, etc...
Thanks in advance, gotta run.
Chris