Bulletin Board using JSP?

lukin

I am doing a third year Java project in college on a bulletin board system.
I want to use Java Server Pages to implement it but I don't know if this is what JSP is used for?
I don't want any code examples or anything, just a simple "you don't know what you're talking about you idiot!" or "yeah,you can do that,no problem" will suffice.
Sorry if I appear like a novice, it's because I am.
Any replies would be greatly appreciated.

clearz

yeah,you can do that,no problem

lukin

Cool, I hope you are being serious, so that I can now go and find out all about this JSP stuff.

madramor

this is what you want
http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tomcat-5.0-doc/index.html

you'll need j2sdk1.4.2 or jdk1.5
http://java.sun.com/j2se/index.jsp

also database to store posts mysql
http://www.mysql.com/

lukin

Cheers biy

Syth

((Never mind my mind isn't working well now...))

mneylon

You can use JSP for a bulletin board, but most seem to be written in PHP or Perl
I'm not sure why

clearz

blacknight wrote:

You can use JSP for a bulletin board, but most seem to be written in PHP or Perl
I'm not sure why

The reason why most are done in PHP/Perl is that most webspace supports these scripting languages as standard with JSP space been a bit more expensive and far less widely available. JSP/servlets are way more powerful than PHP or perl so you should have no hastle creating a BB.

OfflerCrocGod

I suggest using Eclipse and the Tomcat plugin for this as your IDE, it's quite handy having it all nicely integrated.

lukin

Yeah, I have eclipse thanks.

seamus

clearz wrote:

The reason why most are done in PHP/Perl is that most webspace supports these scripting languages as standard with JSP space been a bit more expensive and far less widely available. JSP/servlets are way more powerful than PHP or perl so you should have no hastle creating a BB.

JSP also still suffers from the same stigmatism that Java does. Many people still think it's a big slow memory hog. That used to be true, but with machine specs ever increasing, and Java itself becoming more refined, it's becoming a much more respected language for "proper" applications. The best Bittorrent client is written in Java, for example.

I wouldn't go so far as saying JSP is more powerful than PHP and Perl. Each language has its own merits. PHP is much easier to "pick up and code" and Perl is a very powerful text manipulator - the very thing the Internet consists of - which is why they have become so popular.

clearz

seamus wrote:

The best Bittorrent client is written in Java, for example.

I know Azureus its brilliant.

seamus wrote:

I wouldn't go so far as saying JSP is more powerful than PHP and Perl. Each language has its own merits. PHP is much easier to "pick up and code" and Perl is a very powerful text manipulator - the very thing the Internet consists of - which is why they have become so popular.

Servlets give you straight access to the entire java API. You can open sockets use RMI ect. This is extreamly powerful stuff. Also it makes creating dynamic Images very easy.