JSP: Practical Guide for Programmers (The Practical Guides)

JavaServer Pages (JSP) is a technology for building dynamic web applications that can access databases and provide an interactive experience for users. It's a powerful technology with open source implementations (server and platform independent) for building enterprise Web applications. With JSP, existing business systems can be leveraged with minimal overhead, maintenance, and support. JSP: Practical Guide for Java Programmers is designed to cover the essentials of JSP including the basic JSP constructs and the relevant implicit objects as well as more advanced concepts such as incorporating JavaBeans, developing custom tags, utilizing the JSP expression language, building with the JSP Standard Tag Library, and developing complete JSP-Servlet application.

Robert J. Brunner is an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at the University of Illinois and a Research Scientist at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). Robert is leading the development of a Unified Cosmological Data Mining Framework that leverages experts and technologies from the machine learning, database systems, and grid computing communities to assist in the understanding of the origin and evolution of our Universe. He has taught Java and XML at the Center for Advanced Computing Technology operated by the California State Polytechnic University at Pomona. Recently, he has written a series for Java Developers Journal and has reviewed and edited books covering Linux, C++, Java, and XML.