[mapguide-users] How to use Java (JSP) development with IIS

[Carl Jokl]

inspiron2 wrote:
> 
> For MapGuide, I want to use IIS server v6.0 (Windows 2003), but instead of
> using PHP or .NET, I want to use Java (JSP) as my development language. I
> noticed that for IIS, the "default" languages are only PHP or .NET. How do
> I enable it for Java (tomcat, etc) as well?
> 
> thanks very much your help.
> 

*Changes into his finest Java T-Shirt*

I believe that what you are trying to do is fundamentally not possible. IIS
is only capable of running .Net bases languages. Java and .Net are arch
rivals so unsurprisingly IIS does not support running Java. Apache web
server is capable of doing both by using modj for Java (which is
unfortunally and absolute pain to install and configure) and another pluggin
for mono. 

I am not sure why you would wish to run IIS anyway if you have Tomcat and
are going to be developing in Java. Tomcat should be able to stand on its
own delivering web content either statically or from Java. If Tomcat is not
high enough calbre for your need then you might want to use a commercial
Servlet Container you might look at something like IBM Websphere though
unlike Tomcat this is not free.

It is true that .Net includes J# which was a natural progression from J++.
This is based on the Java syntax but it a .Net language and as such is based
on the Microsoft Base Class Library and is "Java Like" but not real Java.

Using Apache with the Modj pluggin is supposed to allow Apache to deliver
static content while Tomcat delivers the JSP's and Servlets. Doing things
this way is supposed mean static content being delivered via apache rather
than tomcat is delivered slightly faster than tomcat. As I mentioned the
prohibitive factor is this is that the modj pluggin which has to be
installed in Apache is difficult to install and configure. 

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