Setup Java EE environment on Mac

Question

I am new to Java EE. I want to setup Java EE environment to begin developing web applications. I read through articles on internet but they seems to be confusing. My question is that is there any one time installer for Java EE development environment setup? I mean like we have for PHP is that WAMP, XMPP, LAMP etc.

Answer 1

There is no single installer, but two will be enough - you will need an IDE - the most popular are Eclipse and NetBeans . And you will need a Java EE distribution which comes in the form of a Java EE compliant application server - the most popular ones are JBoss and Glassfish . With both IDE and server all you have to do is unpack them into folders of your choice.

The JavaEE distibution of NetBeans already includes GlassFish - even less to do for you ;)

As a prerequisite, you will need an installed JDK , a JRE won't do.

EDIT : In order to control the server and deploy from eclipse you will have to tell it where your application server is - there are according plugins for Glassfish and for JBoss .

I'm not sure about JBoss integration with NetBeans - never done it, but NB intagrates seamlessly with Glassfish.

Glassfish incldes a Derby (JavaDB) distribution, and JBoss includes a H2 DB distribution which both will be enough to start.

Using MySQL or other databases will require a bit of configuration, so if you're just starting - don't bother yet.

Answer 2

You might want to use Eclipse Juno Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers,

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-ee-developers/junosr1