Providing Enterprise JavaTM technology developers with a flexible tool for the development of dynamic Web sites and Web applications, JavaServer PagesTM (JSPTM) technology continues to improve as is evident in its latest release JSP 2.0. Author Hans Bergsten covers the latest updates along with JSP Standard Tag Library (JSTL) 1.1 specifications.

This third edition delves into:

• Expression Language (EL) incorporated into JSP 2.0
• 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

Bergsten also outlines setting up the Apache Tomcat server, JSP and JSTL syntax and features, error handling and debugging, authentication and personalization, database access, XML processing and internationalization.

Both page authors and programmers will appreciate Bergsten approach that incorporates all interests. For page authors, the practical Web application examples in the second part of the book are new. And programmers have detailed coverage of advanced topics in the third part of the book. Topics such as how to integrate servlets and Enterprise JavaBeansTM component architecture with JSP using the popular Apache Struts MVC framework and how to develop custom tag libraries using the JSP API that include realistic examples to springboard individual libraries.

"Hans Bergsten, a JSP expert group veteran and one of our most active contributors, has thoroughly and accurately captured the new features of JSP 2.0 and JSTL 1.1 in a way that is well-organized and easy to understand," commented Mark Roth, JSP 2.0 Specification Lead, Sun. "With excellent, to-the-point examples, this book is a 'must have' for any serious JSP 2.0 developer."

As founder of Gefion Software, a company focused on Java services and products based on JavaTM 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition technologies, Bergsten has been active in the working groups for both the servlet and JSP specifications since their inception. He is one of the initial members of the Apache Jakarta Project Management Committee and assisted in the development of the Apache Tomcat reference implementation for the servlet and JSP specifications. [...read more...]

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