Java™ for ColdFusion® Developers

16.3. Setup

There are a few things you need to make sure are in place to get the app off the ground.

• Make sure the MYSQL database is set up.
• Create a new context in Tomcat to run it under Tomcat. To do this, copy a folder called store into <TOMCAT_HOME>/webapps. You must fill out four key items on the Context Addition if you are using Tomcat's Administrator Web app:

  1. Doc Base: javaforcf

  2. Path: /javaforcf

  3. Working Directory: work\Standalone\localhost\javaforcf

  4. SessionID Initializer: org.apache.catalina.session.Standard-Manager

• Then save and commit changes.
• Restart Tomcat.
• You must have the JSTL installed. Click taglibs and download the most recent stable version. I am using jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.0.zip. Extract it using zip or jar to your ...