The installation is pretty straightforward. It used to be a pain in the neck to set up, but now they made it easier to get up and running. Check out http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/ and for installation: http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/tom...doc/setup.html

These are two good places to get started with JSP http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/java/Servlet-Tutorial/ and http://www.jsptut.com/

Another good place: http://www.jspin.com/