Javaserver Pages

Two years ago, Enterprise Java took the Java programming community by storm-developers have realized its potential for building distributed applications. Today, JavaServer Pages (ISP) is harmonizing how web designers and programmers create dynamic web pages. JSP, however, stands out from other Java technologies because it helps you develop web applications even if you're not a hard-core programmer. JavaServer Pages is a comprehensive introduction to the exciting new world of JSP. The book illustrates how JSP capitalizes on the power of Java servlets to create effective, reusable web applications. It also shows how to get started using the Apache Tomcat server, as well as provides detailed coverage of JSP syntax, scripting elements, error handling and debugging, database access, authentication and personalization, internationalization, and integration with XML. JavaServer Pages 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. If you're itching to program your own JSP components, this book also teaches you such advanced topics as creating custom tag libraries and integrating servlets and JavaBeans with JSP. Finally, the author presents a complete custom tag library for database access, internationalization, and more that you can use as a springboard for your own JSP libraries. "This is a great book: it was carefully written by a key contributor not only to the JSP specification, but also to the JSP and Servlet reference implementations. Filled with useful examples, it stands as an important text in the adoption of JSP in the market." Eduardo Pelegri-Llopart, Lead JSP Specification Engineer