Looking for FREE Java Servlets Hosting...

[TM]

Could anyone help me out !

I'm trying to find a free Hosting for JSP files and preferable could access the jdk platform.

Other requirement :
FTP Upload
Minimum 20 Megs

Any replies would be appreciated.

Thank you

[goForBroke]

Sorry, I can't help you out since I think I too am looking for the same thing. I'm looking for free hosting for Java, not nessecarily JSP (not yet anyway), but I think we are in the same ballpark.

Maybe you can help me understand this?

I am new to most of this (web creation), although I have been programming for some time now. I want to get into the game and learn Java, but not any ASP or CGI crap. Am I wrong that most of these services who say "ASP" or "CGI", or some other tool not Java based, do not allow uploading of java code to work as the web page? Are you locked into, or limited to the tools available through that service? I realize that a java based page would probably have to be some sort of combination of tools to work (HTML, XML, etc), but I think the basic requirement would be to allow for some Java coding (i.e. accessing some sort of JDK). Am I way off base here? Are we talking about the same thing? If not, do you know of any free hosting for Java?

At the moment, I am kinda clueless about this stuff, but thought it would be a good idea to look for some space first before I begin playing, and didn't realize, or don't understand there were such differences to consider. Any feedback would be appreciated.

[laurie]

goForBroke Applets will run on just about any provider. Only Java Servlets need special server side support to my knowledge.

[meow]

http://www.mycgiserver.com nowadays do Java Servlets and not Perl. You have to check yourselves if they've got what you want because I don't know the first thing...

[lucifer]

JSP is a pain if you don't have much control over the server and setting up the config files. especially as your classes and pages get cached and so don't update until you restart the server even if you've updated them. (unless you have access to the config) JSP is cool if you don't need to make changes when it's online - maybe I'm being a bit hard on it as a technology as I can't get GNU JSP to install on my pc at home and the page on my website is of the 'hello this works then' variety

good luck with it ;-)

GoForBroke
stick with php, perl etc unless you need something else it's a damn sight easier than having classes all over the place and much easier

[TM]

Thanks for all of your quick replies.


Originally posted by meow
http://www.mycgiserver.com nowadays do Java Servlets and not Perl. You have to check yourselves if they've got what you want because I don't know the first thing...

Yes, they offer a complete java environment, but they closed the sign Up option.

uh.. They said "Sign up will soon available" ???
Well, How soon ?

Anybody else know another Hosting that give the complete Java Set ?

PS : goForBroke actually there is one that I recently used the hosting URL is at :http://www.webappcabaret.com/
The problems was no FTP Upload and Max. Space about 10 Megs.

[goForBroke]

TM (and others), thank you for your reply(s). Afterall, this was your thread, not mine - you could have said "Don't thread on me!".

'webappcabaret' looks like it could be a perfect fit for me, I hope you find what you are looking for (although webappcabaret premium services look like it could work for you, but you obviously would have to pay).

Thanks for saving me lots of time.

[Super8]

I was kicked off http://www.mycgiserver.com last month, I assume for using PHP & no Java. They were accepting signups briefly about 2 weeks ago, but you had to correctly answer a Java question. I thought I had the right answer but apparently not. Fast & reliable if you are looking for an advanced Java environment & can wait for signup.

[TM]

Originally posted by goForBroke
TM (and others), thank you for your reply(s). Afterall, this was your thread, not mine - you could have said "Don't thread on me!".

Youre welcome ! I dont mine at all..and I'm really glad that I could help someone in this forum.



'webappcabaret' looks like it could be a perfect fit for me, I hope you find what you are looking for (although webappcabaret premium services look like it could work for you, but you obviously would have to pay).


I dont mind to pay at all ( I run 2 sites in a paid Hosting services), but my purposes was only testing some Java programs and Uploading one file at a time is getting my nerves way up to my head. I dont have the time to do that.

BTW, Goforbike (or others) if you need any help, just email me. Dont worry I will reply you, afterall Im the only webdeveloper in my community, so sometimes its nice to discuss with somebody whos interested in programming.

[TM]

Originally posted by laurie
Applets will run on just about any provider. Only Java Servlets need special server side support to my knowledge.

A little clarification :

Applets run under your Browser eq. IE have an integrated Java virtual machine. Thats why you could run an applet offine via browser without a JDK installation.

However Host Providers could block applets if their server is working with Apache or IIS.

Servlets needs a servlet engine such as Tomcat and must be on a JDK platform. So if a host provide servlets that means you could also using other features eq. jar, beans and commonly xml.