Assuming you are on a Win 9x or NT machine....
Download jdk1.3 from http://www.javasoft.com/ and install
(j2sdk1_3_0-win.exe)
Download Tomcat 3.1 from http://jakarta.apache.org and install
Download Apache 1.3.14 from http://www.apache.org and install
apache_1_3_14_win32.exe

This will get you started with Chapter 1, 2, 3. Then add more software as
the book requires.

See page 3 of pro_jsp book. Most of the software can be had for free, or
at least for a 90 day trial  (Netscape Directory server and Iplanet web
server are Win NT only and 90 day trial only).

See page 11 of pro_jsp book.

Especially see Appendix A of pro_jsp book.

You can do this development on a standalone machine, or with two or more
PCs on a network.

I have a small homelan (hub and a few pci ethernet 10/100 cards)  with
apache and tomcat running on a Win NT 4.0 laptop.
I do development on a Win 98 machine with some ides installed.
My 98 machine talks to the NT machine via TCP/IP and DHCP (easy to set up
with Win 98 and Win NT).

Be careful with page 717, use the tomcat.conf, I have trouble getting the
tomcat-apache.conf to work.

Good luck. I am at Chapter 3 and it is all new to me too.

Bob

> Hi,
> It is not necessery to work in network.you can use your standalone
> system to run application.first try in java web server.
> regards
> vishwa
> 
> >From: "Nick Fantano" <nfantano@c...>
> >Reply-To: "Pro_JavaServer_Pages" <pro_jsp@p...>
> >To: "Pro_JavaServer_Pages" <pro_jsp@p...>
> >Subject: [pro_jsp] RE: Configuring my PC for creating JSP
> >Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 17:06:30 -0500
> >
> >Hi Julie
> >	To network two pc's I would go to officemax or staples and get the netgear
> >starter kit. It comes with two Ethernet cards(these go in a pci slot inside
> >the pc) which will plug into the white plugin boards inside the pc. You
> >will
> >also gt a hub. The total cost will be about $70. You should look in the
> >back
> >of both pc's to make sure there are open slots for the card to plug into.
> >Then you will need to plug the wires from the PC to the hub. Then you will
> >need to install(assuming you are running windows) the netbui, tcp/ip
> >protocols on those cards. Sometimes these settings may conflict with your
> >modem. If this is the case you can run under ipx/spx instead of tcp/ip and
> >the network will work fine.
> >
> >Nicholas Fantano
> >nfantano@t...
> >(Secondary E-Mail)
> >nfantano@c...
> >Phone :  xxx-xxx-xxxx
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: jneumann@t... [mailto:jneumann@t...]
> >Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 2:26 PM
> >To: Pro_JavaServer_Pages
> >Subject: [pro_jsp] Configuring my PC for creating JSP
> >
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I've recently gone through a java class and I used Beginning Java from
> >WROX.  I now would like to learn JSP and I've purchased the Professional
> >JSP book from WROX.  But, I'm very confused about whether I can configure
> >my home PC to do everything that I want to do - basically everything in
> >the book.  It mentions something about it needing to be networked.  I do
> >have 2 PCs at home but they are not networked.  Can someone please explain
> >to me very clearly what I need and how to get started so I can use this
> >book to learn this stuff?
> >
> >Thanks much,
> >
> >Julie