Quick Overview

Now that you've downloaded the application and gotten your environment set up for running the example application, this section will show you a quick overview of the steps needed to run the application. Each step is discussed in more detail on the page referenced.

Follow the steps in Setting Up.

Change to the directory for this application, (<JWSDP_HOME>/docs/tutorial/examples/gs (see Creating the Getting Started Application).

Compile the source files by typing the following at the terminal prompt (see Building the Getting Started Application Using Ant):

ant build

Compile errors are listed in Compilation Errors.

Start Tomcat by typing the following at the terminal prompt (see Starting Tomcat):

<JWSDP_HOME>/bin/startup.sh (Unix platform)

<JWSDP_HOME>\bin\startup (Microsoft Windows)

Deploy the Web application using Ant by typing the following at the terminal prompt (see Installing the Application using Ant).

ant install

Deployment errors are discussed in Deployment Errors.

Start a Web browser. Enter the following URL to run the example application (see Running the Getting Started Application):

http://localhost:8080/GSApp

Shutdown Tomcat by typing the following at the terminal prompt (see Shutting Down Tomcat):

<JWSDP_HOME>/bin/shutdown.sh (Unix platform)

<JWSDP_HOME>\bin\shutdown (Microsoft Windows)