Product Description
JavaServer Pages (JSP) is an increasingly popular technology for building dynamic web applications that can access databases and provide an interactive experience for your site’s users. JSP is built on top of the Java programming language, and so this book will teach you both JSP itself and the fundamentals of Java.
You’ll learn how the web works and how JSP fits in, how to get input from the user and create web pages “on the fly”, how JavaBeans components and tag libraries allow you to make your code more readable and easier to maintain, and of course how the Java language itself works. The book also covers how to handle errors in your code, the best ways of designing web applications, and rounds up with a comprehensive case study – a web site for a local tourism authority.
This book covers: How to install Java and JSP/Servlets
How to create dynamic web sites with JavaServer Pages (JSP)
Object-oriented programming in Java
Java’s core utility and input/output classes
How to use and create JSP Tag Libraries
Best practices in designing web applications with Java
Relational database access with MySQL and JDBC
Using the popular Struts framework to simplify application design
Includes frequent worked examples, including an in-depth case study
Amazon.com Review
Ideal for anyone new to JavaServer Pages (JSP), Beginning JSP Web Development offers an excellent and thorough guide to using JSP effectively. Combining a tutorial of basic Java with excellent practical material on using Tomcat and related tools, this book will fill a valuable niche for anyone wanting to build Web applications the right way using some of the latest standards in Java.
Learning JSP today requires not only a basic knowledge of Java, but also practical advice for using Tomcat, custom tag libraries, database programming, and other standards. This title distinguishes itself with chapter-by-chapter coverage of all you need to program with JSP. For those new to Java, introductory material on data types, flow control, and basic class design will help you learn essential Java. The authors also present practical advice and samples for installing and configuring Tomcat (an open source JSP/servlet engine), including advice on deployment options. Sections on database and JDBC programming, servlets, and session management supplement the basics of using JSP with embedded Java scriptlets.
Standout material on JSP custom tag libraries will justify the price of this book for many readers (including those with previous Java experience, but little JSP exposure). Several sections on designing and deploying custom tag libraries show you how to make use of this powerful new Sun standard. The text closes with leading-edge material on the new Struts Web application framework, including a worthwhile case study for an online travel database using this pre-packaged codebase as a starting point. Sun has endorsed Struts and other application frameworks as a “best practice” when building JSP-based applications, and the authors do a good job showing off this solution, including advice on configuration options.
With JSP evolving into an even more powerful and flexible Web solution using custom tag libraries and other standards, this book fits the bill with an up-to-the-minute and approachable tour of exactly what any developer needs to use JSP productively in real projects. –Richard Dragan
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This book presents ideas from top-down. They show you something and then explain the pieces that they think are important. They are fairly good at this but the problem is they don’t explain everything in detail. They tell you just enough about a subject to make you think you understand it but gloss over pitfalls. They keep telling you not to worry about certain parts of the code – they will explain them later. I think learning a language from the bottom up is better. That way one understands all the pieces that are being assembled. This book is getting the job done but I’m often confused about what code (explained in later chapters) is doing. Maybe I should read the book in reverse order…
Rating: 4 / 5
The book says that the source code can be downloaded from wrox.com. But that is not true. The book does not have a CD nor does it have source code at wrox.com. Beaware of it.
Rating: 2 / 5
This book is filled with errors. For instance, in one section, the author refers to a sample jsp but what is under it is an java file instead. Then the author instructs the reader to copy the sample code for a java file but this is the jsp instead. Plus in many places, the author instructs the reader to create a directory but then a couple of paragraphs later the author is instructing the reader to save some code in an entirely different directory than the one the reader just created.
Where was the editor of this book?
Rating: 2 / 5
I second most of the positive comments, and I keep returning to this for brush up on the related web technologies.
I purchased my copy in the Philippines, which may explain why users do not find it on the Wrox site. It must have been targeted to the asian market, and if you google the title of some of the source programs as I did, you will find (translated from Chinese!) a web site from which to download a zip file of source code.
Rating: 5 / 5
It’s a pretty good book but not as comprehensive as I thought. The organization isn’t the most appropriate. It goes through some of the tough subjects too early. In addition, some important topics weren’t given enough examples and variation. Usually a very simple example of code would be given for each general topic and the book would move on not allowing the point to truly sink in.
Rating: 4 / 5