Editorial Reviews:
JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology provides an easy way to create dynamic web pages. JSP uses a component-based approach that allows web developers to easily combine static HTML for look-and-feel with Java components for dynamic features. The simplicity of this component-based model, combined with the cross-platform power of Java, allows a web development environment with enormous potential.JavaServer Pages shows how to develop Java-based web applications without having to be a hardcore programmer. The author provides an overview of JSP concepts and discusses how JSP fits into the larger picture of web applications. Web page authors will benefit from the chapters on generating dynamic content, handling session information, accessing databases, authenticating users, and personalizing content. In the programming-oriented chapters, Java programmers learn how to create Java components and custom JSP tags for web authors to use in JSP pages.
This comprehensive guide to JavaServer Pages (JSPs), a fast-growing technology for Web developers, teaches you how to embed server-side Java into Web pages, while also offering full access to other features such as JavaBeans, Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), and JDBC database access. The reference JSP implementation is the freely available Apache Tomcat server, so it won't cost a thing to get started. All the example code in the book has been tested on Tomcat, in fact. The first part of JavaServer Pages covers the essentials of HTTP and Java Servlets, on which JSPs are based. There is also a guide to installing Tomcat on your Windows or Unix system. The next part, aimed at Web page designers as well as programmers, covers JSP application development. There is material on scripting elements, error handling, managing user sessions, database access, security, and using XML and XSL with JSP. Part 3, for programmers, broadens the scope to include EJB and other Java components, developing custom tags, and achieving highly scalable applications using database connection pools. A comprehensive reference section finishes things off. The author has been an active participant in the official servlet and JSP working groups, and this book is both well informed and well organized. It provides experts with invaluable tips and insights, while newcomers will find all they need to assess and implement their first JSP applications. --Tim Anderson, Amazon.co.uk
Customer Reviews:
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 Great book
I'm a newbie, and I find the book to be clear and concise. I also have to admit that the author is quick to get back if you have questions! (Always a nice feature, IMHO.) Clear & Concise
Bergens did an amazing job of flowing the information for JSP for novice and advanced users. I would have liked a little more info on how to implement with Struts, but that's OK there are other books for that, and that's not what the purpose of this book is in the first place. Hans does a very good job of showing you how you can start with JSP and improve your implementation by integrating with other parts of the java language and jsp standards available to you like tags, servlets, ejb etc... I like the start small, finish big approach eith constant refactoring of the ideas explained in the book.  Poorly edited
One problem I have with O'Reilly books is that the authors seem to have no sense of how to frame explanations for beginners. They characterize a book or chapter of a book as being aimed at beginners, then assume knowledge only an experienced person would have.
I bought this book simply because it was recently published and I wanted an explanation of the new "Expression Language" and other new JSP features. I haven't worked my way through it completely yet, but so far I'm amazed at the number of typos and gramatical mistakes.  Pick a different book
First things first, I am commenting on the FIRST EDITION. Sadly, the author has chosen to use tags, custom tags in most of the examples. Tags should have been described / explained in a separate chapter, as an optional feature of JSP pages. All I wanted was a simple book to use for quick reference while developing JSP pages. While much of what most developers may want to find is probably in this book, the tags make finding what you want a bit more difficult.
To be fair... there are some very good explanations on server side architectural models. (e.g. JSP coupled with "controller" servlets, database persistence objects and biz objects) for example running under Tomcat.
Anyhow, unless you want to wade through custom tags, buy a different book.  Disappointed. 2.5 stars.
Scattered throughout this book is some good introductory, conceptual material. Most the actual development advice is missing. You have to wrangle with the author's custom "O'Reilly" classes at every turn rather than dealing directly with Sun Java JSP. The book also can't decide what it wants to be. The beginning is shallow (at least for developers) and is probably better suited for Web designers. Wish I could rate this 2.5 stars, but it's O'Reilly so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and make it 3. Still very disappointed though. More Customer Reviews:
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