[luau] Java Project

[Patrick Kennedy]

Hi all -

I want to do some Java programming again.  Unfortunately, finances are 
limited for me.  So, I can't really set up a web server with a board band 
connection to the Internet now.

But I have any idea.  Maybe someone from the Linux group would like to 
provide me access to a Linux box (FTP at a bare minimum)?  Perhaps there is 
someone out there that wishes to get more into Java too, and I could help 
them learn more about Java technology, and share my source code.

Then I could work on some ideas I have.  I would like to set up a Linux 
server with Tomcat, which Sun describes as a "...free, open-source 
implementation of Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages 
technologies....(http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/tomcat/)"  And I want to 
develop a couple of ideas, such as writing Java programs that can post 
directly to a web page HTML form, which could then be used as a login 
program (lots of interesting ideas here, think about it).

Here's what I have in mind: there is an http client library called 
HTTPClient.  HTTPClient Version 0.3-3 can be retrieved from

http://www.innovation.ch/java/HTTPClient/

According to the documentation, "It implements most of the relevant parts of 
HTTP/1.1, and automatically handles things like redirections, authorization, 
and cookies."  You can also patch it for for HTTPS (very easy to do).  Using 
JDK 1.1.8, or perferrably Java 2 SDK 1.1.x with HTTPClient patched for 
HTTPS, I want to develop Java programs that can do various HTTP functions.

For example, I already wrote a program that, when a user logs into the 
applet (username/password fields provided on the applet) with a valid login, 
that monthly schedules could be displayed in a Java frame window.  This is 
cool, since it hides the URL of the source schedules displayed in a frame, 
and only a valid login pulls up the schedules.

This program worked perfectly.  But the server which hosts my code is not 
supportive of my Java projects, and I need a more friendly, collaborative 
environment in which to develop.  Any one can help?  Please feel free to 
suggest ideas or options.

Patrick.



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