1.5. Try Some Simple HTML and JSP Pages
After you have verified that the server is running, you should make sure that you can install and access simple HTML and JSP pages. This test, if successful, shows two important things. First, successfully accessing an HTML page shows that you understand which directories should hold HTML and JSP files. Second, successfully accessing a new JSP page shows that the Java compiler (not just the Java virtual machine) is configured properly.
Eventually, you will almost certainly want to create and use your own Web applications (see Chapter 4, “ Using and Deploying Web Applications ”), but for initial testing I recommend that you use the default Web application. Although Web applications follow a common directory ...
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