JSP newbie question

Question

Hi All,

I have asp.net background and got a project where the need is JSP, Servlets and DisplayTag library.

I believe if I have asp.net experience and javascripting experience JSP programming wont be difficult so want to give it a try.

can anybody suggest any site/video training/books etc to gain the knowledge in quick manner from JSP server installation, programming, database connectivity, servlets and beans and understand all of the above technologies.

Also need to know why we use beans in JSP.

Thanks

Answer 1

can anybody suggest any site/video training/books etc to gain the knowledge in quick manner from JSP server installation, programming, database connectivity, servlets and beans and understand all of the above technologies.

At the bottom of the JSP tag info page you can find several tutorial links. The Coreservlets.com ones are excellent. It also continues with using JDBC in JSP/Servlet.

Also need to know why we use beans in JSP.

To represent the Model part in MVC terms. JSP is the View, Servlet is the Controller. This is different from "ASP classic" wherein all raw C++/C# code is been cluttered in the ASP page using <% %> tags. It's also possible to clutter JSP with raw Java code using <% %> tags (it's then called Scriptlets), but its use is discouraged.

Answer 2

The best book and also the most popular book on JSP and Servlet is:

• Head First - Java Servlets and JSP

If you don't like the (funny) Head First style an other good text, but with less depth is:

• Murach's Java Servlets and JSP

To try the learn by copy and paste:

• Java Servlet & JSP Cookbook