MACROMEDIA DREAMWEAVER 8-GETTING STARTED WITH DREAMWEAVER Getting Started page 288

Checking for a web server
To develop and test dynamic web pages, you need a web server. A web
server is software that serves web pages in response to requests from web
browsers.
Make sure Microsoft IIS is installed and running on your hard disk or on a
remote Windows computer. (Macintosh users need to install Microsoft IIS
on a remote Windows computer.) A quick way to check whether IIS is
installed on a computer is to look at the folder structure to see whether it
contains a C:\Inetpub or D:\Inetpub folder. IIS creates this folder during
installation.
If IIS is not installed, install it now. For instructions, see "Installing a Web
Server" on page 231.
After installing the web server, install the application server.
Installing a JSP application server
To process dynamic web pages, you need an application server. An
application server is software that helps a web server process web pages
containing server-side scripts or tags. When such a page is requested by a
browser, the web server hands the page off to the application server for
processing before sending the page to the browser. For more information,
see "Understanding Web Applications" on page 217.
Make sure a JSP application server is installed and running on the system
running IIS. (IIS may be located on your local hard disk or on a remote
computer.)
If you do not have a JSP application server, you can download and install
the Developer Edition of Macromedia JRun, a full-featured JSP
application server, from the Macromedia website at
www.macromedia.com/go/jrun/.
JRun is available for both Windows and Macintosh. However, this guide
doesn't cover using JRun on a Macintosh.
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