APPENDIX F

Setup for Sample JSP 

F

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. 

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