Setting Development Environment For Java Server Side Development

In Order To Develop Server Side Java Program Like JSP and Servlet You Must Have A Server Like Tomcat To Run The Application.And You Have May Also Have To Setup Few More Environment Variables Other That 'Path'. First Of All Setup Environment For Java Development.If You Have Not Setup Click Here.

Download Jakarta-Tomcat.You Will Get A Zip File Or Installation File.If It Is Zip File, Extract It & Copy It To Safe Place Where Ever You Want.(Recomended:Copy Inside The Program File).If It Is Installation File Install It.Always Try To Find The Zip File.It Is Easy To Use.

Now Setup Few More Environment Variables.
Right Click My Computer -> Go To Properties -> Select Advanced System Settings ->     Click Environment Variables

Go to C: -> Program Files -> Java ->jdk1.7.0_05 -> lib & Copy The File Path
Create Another User Variable 

     
     Variable Name : ClassPath

Variable Value: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\lib

Go to C: -> Program Files -> Java ->jdk1.7.0_05 & Copy The File Path
Create Another User Variable

     Variable Name : JAVA_HOME
  Variable Value: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05

Go To C:\Program Files\jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9\common\lib & Check Their Is Jar File Called 'servlet-api.jar'.If Not Check For That File In Tomcat.If You Are Unable To Find The File Download It & Copy It To  C:\Program Files\jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9\common\lib Folder.You Have To Edit The Class Path.Click Edit & Enter Semicolon(;) After C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_05\lib; Now Enter The Following

     Variable Name : ClassPath
  Variable Value : C:\Program Files\jakarta-tomcat-5.5.9\common\lib\servlet-api.jar

This Is All You Have Setup In Environment Variables Area.Now You Can Start The Jakartha Tomcat Server.Go To Tomcat Folder -> bin.You Will Find A Batch File Called 'startup'. Double Click It To Start The Server.If You Are Not Getting Any Errors That Mean Your Tomcat Setup Is Alright.You Will See The Starting Server As Below.

Press Allow Access To Run It.And You Will See Your Tomcat Server Is Running.

Now Open A Browser To Check the Server.Type localhost:8080 & Hit Enter.8080 Is Server Port.Normally Server Port Is 8080.You Can Change Your Server Port If You Want.In My Case My Server Port Is 8085.After Entering The URL You Will Server The Tomcat Home Page As Below.

If Your Getting This Page, That Mean Your Server Is Working Fine.Now You Can Develop Java Server Side Program's.To Stop The Server Double Click The Bat File Called 'shutdown' In Bin Folder.