Overview
JavaServer Pages (JSP) has built a huge following since the release of JSP 1.0 in 1999, providing Enterprise Java developers with a flexible tool for the development of dynamic web sites and web applications. While new point releases over the years, along with the introduction of the JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL), have incrementally improved the rough areas of the first version of the JSP specification, JSP 2.0 takes this technology to new heights. JavaServer Pages, Third Edition, is completely revised and updated to cover the JSP 2.0 and JSTL 1.1 specifications. It includes detailed coverage of the Expression Language (EL) incorporated into JSP 2.0, the JSTL 1.1 tag libraries and the new function library, the new tag file format that enables custom tag library development without Java code, the simplified Java tag library API, improvements in the JSP XML syntax, and more. Further, it details setup of the Apache Tomcat server, JSP and JSTL syntax and features, error handling and debugging, authentication and personalization, database access, XML processing, and internationalization.This book recognizes the different needs of the two groups of professionals who want to learn JSP: page authors interested in using JSP elements in web pages, and programmers concerned with learning the JSP API and using JSP effectively as a part of an enterprise application. If you're in the first group, you'll learn from the practical web application examples in the second part of the book. If you're in the latter group, you'll appreciate the detailed coverage of advanced topics in the third part, such as how to integrate servlets and JavaBeans components with JSP using the popular Apache Struts MVC framework, and how to develop custom tag libraries using the JSP API, with realistic examples that you can use as a springboard for your own libraries.
Synopsis
JavaServer Pages (JSP) is an easy way to create dynamic Web pages and simplify the task of building Web applications that work with a wide variety of Web servers, application servers, browsers, and development tools. This book provides an overview of JSP concepts, discusses how JSP fits into the larger picture of Web applications, and tells how to set up the JSP environment, generate dynamic content, and handle errors.
Editorials
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The Barnes & Noble ReviewThis is JSP 2.0 for the real world: all the JSP you’re likely to need.
Hans Bergsten introduces each JSP feature carefully and accurately: everything from retrieving user input to accessing JavaBeans components. You’ll learn good JSP practices (for instance, how to promote reusability). And you’ll find plenty of examples: database integration, authentication, personalization, caching, you name it.
Many examples -- such as XML processing -- use JSTL. Often, these replace custom components presented in earlier editions. That’s no coincidence: Bergsten’s examples helped shape the standard.
Since not everything’s in JSTL, Bergsten explains custom component development. He wraps up with integrating JSP and other Java technologies, notably Struts. Bill Camarda
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.