What application server and web server should I choose?

[Jesse]

I am trying to grasp the Java concepts using my knowledge of IIS, MTS, COM,
ASP.

Seems to me:
JSP is coceptually equivalent to ASP,
JavaBean is to COM component.

What is the best suitable Web Server for JSP? Is it Apache? What is the most
popular web servers for JSP now and in the foreseeable future?

Also what are the most popular application servers in Java world similar
to MTS in MS world?

What are the most popular combination of web server and application server
for Java at current time? What about in the future?

Thanks

Jesse

[Eric Lariviere]

Hi Jesse,

to answer your question about the most popular Java application Server,
let's say that BEA WebLogic has about 60% of the market of java application
server. But IBM WebSphere is growing in popularity... (Marketing power helping...)

JSP and JavaBeans can be used to build a front end to an application build
with an application server. In fact, javabeans in the JSP concept are more
wrappers to calls to EJB. EJB would more be similar to COM objects where
you develop all the application logic.

Remeber that JSP file are compile and require and engine to execute. HTTP
server like Appache only redirects the call the the JSP engine. You need
more that just a HTTP server.

Hope this helps,

Eric

"Jesse" <yuemao@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>I am trying to grasp the Java concepts using my knowledge of IIS, MTS, COM,
>ASP.
>
>Seems to me:
>JSP is coceptually equivalent to ASP,
>JavaBean is to COM component.
>
>What is the best suitable Web Server for JSP? Is it Apache? What is the
most
>popular web servers for JSP now and in the foreseeable future?
>
>Also what are the most popular application servers in Java world similar
>to MTS in MS world?
>
>What are the most popular combination of web server and application server
>for Java at current time? What about in the future?
>
>Thanks
>
>Jesse