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Do you support Java? This could mean many different things. Some things we support, but not others. For more information, look here!
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Do you support JavaScript?
Of course we do! "Java" and "JavaScript" are two entirely different things.
Java is software that runs on our server.
JavaScript on the other hand, is software that is stored on our server, but runs on your computer in your web browser.
Which java features do you support / not support?
WE SUPPORT the following:
- Java (in general) - Java Applets - Java2 - Java SDK/JRE (Software Devel Kit/Java Runtime Environment)
WE DO NOT SUPPORT:
- Java Servlets - JSP - Tomcat/Jakarta (a JSP engine) - EJB (Enterprise Java Beans) - J2EE - Pretty much anything else Java-related.
Do you have a JDK installed?
Do you have a Java compiler/SDK/Development environment installed?
Yes!
We have version 1.1.8 on DH1, and version 1.2.2 (Java2) on DH2.
Do you support Java applets?
Java applets are applications that run on the user's browser, as opposed to CGI programs, which run on the server.
Yes, we do support them.
Do you support Java servlets?
Sadly, no.
- While certainly a useful technology, Apache JServ has been in maintenance mode for quite some time now (the last release as of this writing was on June 17th, 2000), and as time goes on it will be more and more difficult to integrate it with other technologies we operate on.
- We have closely evaluated the most obvious alternative (Jakarta Tomcat), but due to an inherent limitation in the way Tomcat was designed it is not a feasible alternative when used in a shared web hosting environment, even by their own admission.
- "What about shared Tomcat hosting as say provided by HostJava.Net & by VisionWebHosting.Net and as detailed by this 2007 Tomcat book's chapter?" --asks Dreamhost customer CaydenMC 11:37, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
- We've also evaluated a number of commercial solutions, but have not found a viable, cost-effective replacement that will work on all of our shared hosting servers.
This article will be updated if the situation changes.
Do you support JSP?
JSP (Java Server Pages) is a format for using Java to dynamically generate web content.
Dreamhost does not offer JSP on shared hosting plans. We can offer it on our dedicated servers though.
Do you support Enterprise Java Beans?
Enterprise Java Beans, the server-side component architechture for the J2EE platform, enables rapid and simplified development of distributed, transactional, secure, and portable Java applications.
DreamHost does not support Enterprise Java Beans.
Do you support J2EE?
J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) is NOT supported by DreamHost.
Do you support the Tomcat/Jakarta JSP engine?
No.
