Apache Tomcat and eclipse for EP

Hi,

I have got anew book on SAP Enterprise protal by SAP Press.

There is also a CD which contains Portal development kit, eclipse 2.1, apache tomcat 3.3.1 and portal development kit plug-in for eclipse.

I don't have any SAP Access as if now.

Is it possible to learn SAP EP programming based on the softwares I have got on these CD and the book.

Tushar