about the technology

JSTL is an important simplification of the Java web platform. With JSTL, page authors can now write dynamic pages using standard HTML-like tags and an easy-to-learn expression language. JSTL is a standard from the Java Community Process, and its expression language will become part of JSP 2.0.

about the book

To help readers who don't already have a JSP container run the examples in the book, there's a free companion download here. This bundle contains a ready-to-run JSP container, a JSTL implementation, and all the book's examples.

what's inside

• Mixing HTML tags and JSTL
• JSTL's expression language
• Working with loops and conditions
• Painless XML processing
• Accessing databases
• Text formatting
• Internationalization
• JSTL configuration and performance
• Many examples including
  • How to register and authenticate users
  • Running an online survey
  • How to build a discussion forum
  • Designing a web portal
    

about the author

Shawn Bayern is a research programmer at Yale University and coauthor of Manning's Web Development with Java Server Pages. He is the reference implementation lead for JSTL.