Let me put in another vote for grails, it's much easier and more productive then writing traditional java enterprise web applications. On 8/13/10, Michael Malver <mmalver@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > and you may also want the j2ee SDK. > > > > > > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of E.J. Zufelt > Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 4:01 AM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: How do I use Java instead of php on my websites? > > > > Good morning John, > > > > You will need to use something like the Tomcat server by Apache to offer > Java server pages (JSP) to your users. However, you don't have to choose > either PHP or Java. You can use PHP and Java together for a website. > > > > See: > > http://php.net/manual/en/book.java.php > > > > HTH, > > Everett Zufelt > > http://zufelt.ca > > > > Follow me on Twitter > http://twitter.com/ezufelt > > View my LinkedIn Profile > http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt > > > > > > > > On 2010-08-13, at 4:34 AM, John J. Boyer wrote: > > > > > > As you know, BrailleBlaster is being written in Java. It is a desktop > application. Making it a web applicationn would be another project. > nevertheless, since I am learning Java, I would like to apply that > knowledge to my websites. I think that this is what Bookshare does. So > where do I begin? > > The braille knowledge in BrailleBlaster is largely contained in two C > libraries, liblouis and liblouisutdml Tarballs for both can be found on > the downloads page of http://www.abilitiessoft.com Both also have > projecgtg pages on googlecode. They will remain C libraries so that they > do not require a run-time environment and thus can be used with various > high-level languages. liblouis has Python bindings, and liblouisutdml > has Java bindings. BrailleBlaster will call liblouisutdml directly, > which will call liblouis for actual translation, while itself doing the > xml rendering and braille formatting. It will also add markup in the > Unified Tactile Document Language (UTDML). > > Thanks, > John > > -- > John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer > Abilitiessoft, Inc. > http://www.abilitiessoft.com > Madison, Wisconsin USA > Developing software for people with disabilities > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > > __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind