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JavaServer Pages™, 2nd Edition

Hans Bergsten Publisher: O'Reilly August 2002 ISBN: 0-596-00317-X, 684 pages

Filled with useful examples and the depth, clarity, and attention to detail that made the first edition so popular with web developers, JavaServer Pages, 2nd Edition is completely revised and updated to cover the substantial changes in the 1.2 version of the JSPspecifications, and includes coverage of the new JSTL Tag libraries-an eagerly anticipated standard set of JSP elements for the tasks needed in most JSP applications, as well as thorough coverage of Custom Tag Libraries.

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Preface................................................................................................................................... 1 What's in the Book ............................................................................................................. 2 Readers of the First Edition................................................................................................ 2Audience............................................................................................................................. 3 Organization ....................................................................................................................... 4 About the Examples ........................................................................................................... 8 Conventions Used in ThisBook......................................................................................... 8 How to Contact Us ............................................................................................................. 9 Acknowledgments for First Edition ................................................................................... 9 Acknowledgments for Second Edition.............................................................................10 Part I: JSP Application Basics .............................................................................................. 12 Chapter 1. Introducing JavaServer Pages ....................................................................... 13 1.1 What Is JavaServer Pages?......................................................................................... 13 1.2 Why Use JSP?...