Installation Overview
The options for installing and running JDesignerPro are these:
- On a stand-alone workstation. The JDesignerPro Standard Development System with JAGGServer, the JDBC and ODBC drivers, the database, and the JDK are installed here. Webserver software is not needed.
- On a web server machine, where the developer actually sits. JDesignerPro and JAGGServer, the JDBC and ODBC drivers, the database, and the JDK are all installed here.
- On a web server machine but development done on separate workstations, over the network. This configuration supports multiple developers in a single Application Builder in JDesignerPro. This allows collaborative development and offers a central repository for Projects. A developer can also sit at the server machine.
You only need to install the JDesignerPro system once on a server. From this one install can be served any number of applications to any users, anywhere. Nothing but a Java Virtual Machine, usually in the form of a browser, such as the Netscape Navigator or Communicator, needs to be installed on users desktops.
From the install of JDesignerPro on a server you can run the development environment remotely through a browser simply by hitting the JDesignerPro URL and logging in as a developer account.
In the configuration above, JDesignerPro, with JAGGServer, the JDBC and ODBC drivers, the database, webserver software and the JDK are all installed only on the server machine. The remote developers use a browser to run the JDesignerPro Development system.
For deployment JDesignerPro will run fine even over 28.8 dialup lines. For development over the network we recommend a higher bandwidth.