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APPENDIX F
Setup for Sample JSP
Site
Macromedia Dreamweaver 8 comes with sample Java Server Pages (JSP)
web pages to let you build a small web application. This chapter describes
one way to set up the sample application using Microsoft Internet
Information Server (IIS). For more information on these web servers, see
“Installing a Web Server” on page 231. If you’re using a different web
server, see Chapter 23, “Setting Up a Web Application” in Using
Dreamweaver (Help > Using Dreamweaver).
Setting up a web application is a three-step process. First, configure your
system. Second, define a Dreamweaver site. Third, connect the application
to your database. This setup chapter follows this three-step process.
This chapter contains the following sections:
Setup checklists for JSP developers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Configuring your system (JSP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Defining a Dreamweaver site (JSP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Connecting to the sample database (JSP). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Setup checklists for JSP
developers
To set up a web application, you must configure your system, define a
Dreamweaver site, and connect to a database. This section provides
checklists for each task. The tasks are described in more detail in the rest of
the chapter.
Configure your system:
1. Make sure you have a web server.
2. Install the JSP application server.
3. Create a root folder.