JavaServer Pages Developer's Handbook (Paperback)

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JavaServer Pages Developer's Handbook gives practical, in-depth implementation advice on building robust JSP applications. Learn how to use JSP within enterprise Java applications, and when working with databases and Enterprise JavaBeans. Incorporate JSP tag libraries and frameworks, including Struts, to simplify page construction. This book covers JSP 2.0 and Servlets 2.4 including the expression language, filters, and expanded support for XML in JSP applications.

Create custom tags to automate common functions, interact with Enterprise JavaBeans, and ensure security and reliability in JSP applications. The authors demonstrate transforming and presenting XML data, building Web Service applications, and deploying JSP applications using Jakarta Tomcat. At the end of the book, you'll build a complete working Web application incorporating many of the topics discussed.

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JavaServer Pages Developer's Handbook gives practical, in-depth implementation advice on building robust JSP applications. Learn how to use JSP within enterprise Java applications, and when working with databases and Enterprise JavaBeans. Incorporate JSP tag libraries and frameworks, including Struts, to simplify page construction. This book covers JSP 2.0 and Servlets 2.4 including the expression language, filters, and expanded support for XML in JSP applications.

Create custom tags to automate common functions, interact with Enterprise JavaBeans, and ensure security and reliability in JSP applications. The authors demonstrate transforming and presenting XML data, building Web Service applications, and deploying JSP applications using Jakarta Tomcat. At the end of the book, you'll build a complete working Web application incorporating many of the topics discussed.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 840 pages
• Publisher: Sams (June 9, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0672324385
• ISBN-13: 978-0672324383
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 7 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,809,517 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great for developers, November 29, 2003

By	cassian78 "cassian78" (Orlando, FL United States) - See all my reviews

I'm a seasoned ColdFusion and Java developer who wanted to learn JSP. I found this book to be fast moving, with many examples and solid explanations of the topics at hand. You'll find coverage on using JavaBeans, EJBs, and J2EE containers with JSP to prime you for books dedicated to each of those subjects, along with great explanation on when to use what, and how JSP fits into the J2EE framework. Chapters are around 30-40 pages each, with enough detail to get you started whilst wheting your appetite for your own experimentation on Tomcat. I read the book in less than 2 weeks and felt comfortable with all the material covered.

I would not recommend this book to an inexperienced developer. There are a handful of minor code and example errors (such as an OS X screen shot for no reason!) which might confuse somebody new to Java and web development in general. Also, the coverage for configuring Tomcat, taglibs, etc. is probably not comprehensive enough for a newbie - you'll have to read the Jakarta docs to get some of the examples working. Of course, this is also a great way to learn how to configure the platform, since you're going to have to learn these things sooner or later anyway.

If you are already in web development and need a fast paced, comprehensive resource for learning JSP, I recommend this book wholeheartedly. This is a great starting point for learning J2EE as a framework.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As a servlet guy I like this book., March 25, 2004

By	Bradley Simonin - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am a hard core Java Servlet guy. Never really had much desire for JSPs. To me Servlets was "real" programming and JSP's were for folks who didn't like Java programming. But after reading through this book I am beginning to like JSP's. It's a great quick reference for using JSP's with JavaBeans. It's a bummer there isn't any coverage of JavaServer Faces; that would have been an excellent addition to this book.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good introduction to JSP, November 17, 2003

By A Customer

Quite comprehensive coverage of JSP2.0 especially JSTL.

The book attempts to cover a lot of topics. Web applications, JNDI, XML,XSLT, JDBC and JSTL. Even a smattering of Struts and EJBs.

One thing I liked about the book is the fact that everything is covered with an intent to portray the way a JSP utilizes these technologies. JSTL tag coverage is comprehensive. The authors keep coming back to the JSTL tags to show how they simplify matters and achieve the view and model separation.

In short read this book if you want to :
1. Learn all the Jsp directives.
2. Familiarize yourself with the JSTL core, xml,sql and internationalization tags.
3. Write your own JSP tags. The custom tags treatment can be improved but it does get the point across.
4. Acquire an understanding 'under the hood'. Generated servlets are listed and analyzed to give an idea to the user as to how the jsp code was processed by the servlet container.

Tomcat 4.1 and a preview version of Tomcat that incorporates JSP 2.0 were used to demonstrate the book's material.