Let Beginning JSP 2 be your guide as you begin using JSP. This comprehensive guide starts by steering you through your first JSP application. It reviews HTML, and provides you with a useful overview of JSP. You’ll then be ready to start learning one of the core techniques in JSP: pulling data from a database and working with that data.
When you’ve mastered this technique, you’ll be ready to branch out powerfully into other JSP topics: variables, scope, flow control, and code reuse for productive time management. Finally, the book shows you how you can use JSP with XML and gives you a taste of some advanced topics, including using Struts and the Model View Controller.
This book's step-by-step examples explain the techniques behind the code. The authors include realistic scenarios wherever possible to build your knowledge and confidence in JSP. After reading this book, you’ll have the knowledge and skills to enter the web development and Java development industries. All you need to begin this journey is a basic understanding of HTML and Java.
| About the Authors | ix | |
| About the Editor | xi | |
| About the Technical Reviewer | xiii | |
| Introduction | xv | |
| Chapter 1 | Creating Your First JSP Page | 1 |
| Installing the Software | 1 | |
| Creating Your First Web Application | 9 | |
| Exploring a Brief History of Java and the Web | 13 | |
| Summary | 21 | |
| Chapter 2 | Learning How HTML Works | 23 |
| Summarizing HTML | 23 | |
| Creating HTML Forms | 40 | |
| Using HTML Elements | 43 | |
| Finding Further Resources | 58 | |
| Summary | 59 | |
| Chapter 3 | Introducing JSP | 61 |
| Understanding the Available Object Scope | 61 | |
| Understanding JSP Code Types | 62 | |
| Using the Java Standard Tag Library (JSTL) | 74 | |
| Processing Forms with the JSTL | 79 | |
| Summary | 85 | |
| Chapter 4 | Working with Data | 87 |
| Introducing Databases | 87 | |
| Introducing SQL | 97 | |
| Manipulating the Database | 107 | |
| Revisiting the Pizza Application | 119 | |
| Summary | 124 | |
| Chapter 5 | Making Decisions, Decisions | 125 |
| Introducing Arrays | 126 | |
| Comparing Data Values | 133 | |
| Using Logical Operators | 134 | |
| Making Decisions | 135 | |
| Introducing Conditional Statements | 136 | |
| Understanding Loops and Iteration | 153 | |
| Introducing Branching Statements | 158 | |
| Summary | 165 | |
| Chapter 6 | Reusing Code | 167 |
| Introducing Code Reuse | 168 | |
| Planning for Reuse | 169 | |
| Understanding Mechanisms for Reuse | 179 | |
| Going Beyond JSP | 189 | |
| Summary | 205 | |
| Chapter 7 | Performing Time Management | 207 |
| Introducing the Date Class | 207 | |
| Formatting Dates with the JSTL | 215 | |
| Summary | 221 | |
| Chapter 8 | Using JSP and XML Together | 223 |
| Introducing XML | 223 | |
| Understanding the Structure of XML Data | 225 | |
| Defining Validity with Schemas | 232 | |
| Understanding XSL Transformations | 249 | |
| Summary | 254 | |
| Chapter 9 | Going Behind the Scenes | 255 |
| Web Applications and web.xml | 256 | |
| Introducing the Java Servlet Technology | 263 | |
| The Servlet Architecture | 266 | |
| The Servlet Life Cycle | 270 | |
| Collaboration Between Servlets | 276 | |
| Getting Initialization Information | 284 | |
| Filters | 288 | |
| Summary | 297 | |
| Chapter 10 | Implementing the Model 2 Architecture and Using Struts | 299 |
| Architecture of Web Applications | 300 | |
| The Struts Framework | 304 | |
| Installing and Configuring Struts | 308 | |
| The Struts Configuration File | 313 | |
| Core Struts Components | 330 | |
| Introducing the Struts Tag Libraries | 339 | |
| Finishing the View | 356 | |
| Summary | 361 | |
| Appendix A | JSP Syntax Reference | 363 |
| Preliminaries | 364 | |
| Directives | 365 | |
| Scripting Elements | 369 | |
| Standard Actions | 371 | |
| Tag Libraries | 378 | |
| Implicit Objects | 379 | |
| Appendix B | JSP Implicit Objects | 381 |
| The request Object | 382 | |
| The response Object | 389 | |
| The out Object | 394 | |
| The session Object | 397 | |
| The application Object | 399 | |
| The exception Object | 402 | |
| The config Object | 403 | |
| The page Object | 403 | |
| The pageContext Object | 403 | |
| Appendix C | XML Configuration Files | 405 |
| Common Elements of web.xml | 405 | |
| Common Elements of the Tag Library Descriptor | 418 | |
| Common Elements of the Struts Config File | 423 | |
| Appendix D | Getting More Information | 431 |
| Java Development Kit Documentation | 431 | |
| Tomcat and JSP/Servlet Documentation | 436 | |
| Other Resources | 439 | |
| Index | 441 |
Anonymous
Posted September 30, 2004
This book is the worst if you are a beginner. The book is litered with incomplete examples and if you are a beginner you have no way of knowing were to start. The authors show you snippets of code and assume you know were they go or how they are to be used. Example pg79-80 they start to talk about JSTL(which is introduced in this book far too early and then not enough about it) and give you spippets of code, with no explaination as to were they go, and before finishing they leave you hanging and jump to next subject. The entire book is written this way. Is more of a manual or a quick reference for those already familiar, but diffinatly not for a beginner. I was disapointed and wanted to take the book back for refund.
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Overview
Let Beginning JSP 2 be your guide as you begin using JSP. This comprehensive guide starts by steering you through your first JSP application. It reviews HTML, and provides you with a useful overview of JSP. You’ll then be ready to start learning one of the core techniques in JSP: pulling data from a database and working with that data.
When you’ve mastered this technique, you’ll be ready to branch out powerfully into other JSP topics: variables, scope, flow control, and code ...