Checking for a web server 

To develop and test dynamic web pages, you need a web server. A web 

server is software that serves web pages in response to requests from web 

browsers.

Make sure Microsoft IIS is installed and running on your hard disk or on a 

remote Windows computer. (Macintosh users need to install Microsoft IIS 

on a remote Windows computer.) A quick way to check whether IIS is 

installed on a computer is to look at the folder structure to see whether it 

contains a C:\Inetpub or D:\Inetpub folder. IIS creates this folder during 

installation.

If IIS is not installed, install it now. For instructions, see 

 Installing a Web 

Server  on page 231

.

After installing the web server, install the application server. 

Installing a JSP application server 

To process dynamic web pages, you need an application server. An 

application server is software that helps a web server process web pages 

containing server side scripts or tags. When such a page is requested by a 

browser, the web server hands the page off to the application server for 

processing before sending the page to the browser. For more information, 

see 

 Understanding Web Applications  on page 217

. 

Make sure a JSP application server is installed and running on the system 

running IIS. (IIS may be located on your local hard disk or on a remote 

computer.)

If you do not have a JSP application server, you can download and install 

the Developer Edition of Macromedia JRun, a full featured JSP 

application server, from the Macromedia website at 

www.macromedia.com/go/jrun/

.

JRun is available for both Windows and Macintosh. However, this guide 

doesn't cover using JRun on a Macintosh.

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