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listen as the skies hiss with the smell of gasoline and pizza, burning rubber, screaming
optical fiber carrying software sizzling down broadband. Somewhere in between Phillip K. Dick, Robert Pirzig, Allan
Kay, the OO paradigm, and Johnny Mneumonic never had it so good he could reach into a three dimensional map but
where did it take him? He never had enough memory. We do.
The engines roar to life and the sound thunders off the highrises as we round
a turn and head down California Street past clanging cable cars. We're off on a journey, a magic road trip, Magicians
of the Mystic Machine, Server-side Sorcerors, Web Service Warriors. Get up on your bike - in front of the keyboard,
behind the wheel and open the throttle, step on the gas and feel the surge - get out and play with that new toy,
out along:
Oracle9i JDeveloper and BEA WebLogic 6.1
{May 6, 2002, Rich Katz, JavaSkyline} Also
known as U.S. Route 101. Highway 101 and 280... 16 lanes of teaming freeway that flank the El Camino that pipe
developers by the million from San Francisco to Silicon Valley to San Jose and carries us on a developer's adventure
isn't even as wide as the T3s, the fiber optics explore
the brand new J2EE POWER DRIVE IDEs
on this trip we call the Great J2EE IDE ROADTRIP We're on a drive that takes us along the Information Superhighway through many miles
of software country. Along the way, we'll stop off at some beautiful places - like Scotts Valley, San Jose, and
Almaden California, and Research Triangle, North Carolina. We'll meet some beautiful people and try out some beautiful
software.
I hope you'll find this a fascinating journey. We'll be exploring some interesting
and unusual country. But, unlike the San Francisco's Doug McConnell (who 
has a local TV show called Bay Area Back Roads) we do not
intend to get lost, encounter interesting rock formations, or miniature railways. Fortunately, for us, most of
the places we need to go are on the main roads - not the back roads.
So, we'll stay on the superhighways. Those of you in your car may wish to actually drive along on this journey. However, to avoid the traffic, you don't actually need a car. In fact, you'll be able to keep up much better just using your Web browser. The experience will be quite memorable so you will need memory - a lot of memory. The system for this journey has 512Meg of memory.
Going places with JDeveloper: You build bridges - then use them.
We start our journey right on U.S. 101 -- in San Francisco, California. The first part of our Trip we're going to go camping at Redwood Shores. Here's our itiniery:
The adventure begins:The WebLogic of OZ
Our journey starts in downtown Oz, San Francisco, at the headquarters of BEA
Systems. BEA is the manufacturer of the WebLogic Application Server. One of the leading application servers, BEA
comes 
with a set of developer examples. Before shoving off on our journey, let's take a few
minutes to download and install BEA WebLogic 6.1. You can get a trial copy of the server on the Web page:
Scroll down to the WebLogic Server 6.1. WebLogic Server 6.1 runs on a fairly wide variety of platforms. Download the version for your computer and operating system - or that of your server target machine.
After downloading, follow the instructions to install WebLogic.
Installation: Don't forget your password
During the installation process, the installer will ask you for a password. It is important that you remember the password you enter because you will need to use it later. To make life easier, you might just set the password as "password."
After you install WebLogic, let's start up the Example Server. To do this, open a command Window and:
On Windows On Unix Go to directory: <bea>\wlserver6.1\config\examples\ <bea>/wlserver6.1/config/examples/ Run startExamplesServer.cmd startExamplesServer.sh
After start up, you may find it a good idea to get acquainted with the WebLogic examples. You'll find instructions on how to run the examples described in this HTML file after you download and install WebLogic:
<bea>\wlserver6.1\samples\samples.html
We'll come back and visit these examples a little later. But you may wish to pause to try out a few of the WebLogic examples just to brush up on the different server configurations and how the examples work.
The WebLogic Console
It's also a good idea to get acquanted with the WebLogic console. If you haven't already, to get to the console, go to your browser and enter:
http://127.0.0.1:7001/console
If WebLogic is running, it will ask you to log in.
The browser will display the following:
You use the console to control server behaviors - for one - to examine applications
and make sure they're deployed.
OK..Let's get started!
After verifying that WebLogic is running, we're ready to hit the road. So buckle up!
On to ==> Redwood Shores - the jouney begins
