Which Server to Use

Hi,

I wanted to write a small password authetication servlet. I am going to do it for the first time and would greatly appreciate inputs on what to download as the server. I downloaded the J2EE 1.4SDK and tried using the appl server, but it wouldn't start (although I set the path). Can somebody suggest a server to download please. Thanks

Tomcat 5 or Orion 2 would be good.
Both are simple to use, highly compliant to the official specs, and free (Orion does carry a fee for commercial deployment but non-commercial, educational, and development work is free).

http://jakarta.apache.org
http://www.orionserver.com

Thanks that was the quickest response ever!! I'll try my hand at tomcat

okay, now i am confused.

check this link

http://jakarta.apache.org/site/binindex.cgi#tomcat

I am using the windows xp home edition. which among the tomcat 5.5.7 list do i download?

thanks
[ February 09, 2005: Message edited by: Sue Pillai ]

You can download the EXE file if you want. That is the most user friendly version for Windows. It places links in your start menu for starting/stopping your Tomcat instance. That's probably your best option, especially if you're a novice.

Hi,
You can also using Resin Application Server

thanks
daniel