Core JSP by Damon Hougland and Aaron Tavistock - Final Part

Couple of Days back i started reading Core JSP by Damon Hougland and Aaron Tavistock.

Nice book written by Damon Hougland and Aaron Tavistock.

Few important quotations i wanted to share from the remaining chapters.

1) The Impact of the J2EE

With the release of the J2EE edition of Java, a new world of standards-based Web applications has emerged. Developers of Web application servers are scrambling to write J2EE compliance into their servers. Java developers are excited about the ability to package and deploy their applications in a common format that can be transferred across servers and platforms.

Never before have Enterprise JavaBean, DCOM, and CORBA applications been so easy to integrate. J2EE provides the foundation for every part of designing, developing, and deploying Web applications.

With the widespread adoption of J2EE comes the integration of JSP pages. JSP provides the front end for enterprise Java applications on the Web, and plays a vital role in developing scaleable, cross-platform software. As Web applications become more sophisticated, the capabilities of JSP will grow.

2) JSP and GUI Tools

As the popularity of JSP pages increase, look for the integration of JSP page creation in HTML page-development tools to increase. JSP was built from the ground up to be easy to parse, thus making it easily editable in a development tool.

Already, many popular environments such as Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe GoLive, and Allaire Homesite have announced JSP integration. These are just the forefront of a wave of JSP/HTML tools to hit the market.

Also look for Java Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) to feature JSP integration and debugging. Sun's Forte for Java and IBM WebSphere Studio already feature these tools, and many of their competitors have announced future integration.

By far the most promising part of JSP pages is tag libraries, which are ripe for integration into both JSP/HTML editors as well as Java IDEs. With their portable framework, XML syntax, and advanced configuration features, they are perfect for packaging and deploying reusable JSP components.

In the future, different development environments with JSP support can share components in the form of tag libraries. With their ability to hide underlying logic they are perfect for software developers who want to develop tools that protect intellectual property while giving maximum flexibility.

All in all, JSP pages will play an important role in development environments. They allow for quick creation and deployment of Web applications, which is important in today's mindset of Internet time.

About the Authors

DAMON HOUGLAND is a Program Manager and Technical Architect for eFORCE, Inc., where he designs and develops Java enterprise applications. Previously Damon led the Web Application Infrastructure team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which specialized in reporting scientific data through web-enabled databases and applications. He has worked as a software developer and technical manager over the last nine years.

AARON TAVISTOCK has over 10 years of experience with UNIX systems and application development. He has used his extensive knowledge of Java, JSP, and taglibs to create a leading edge web application compiler. Aaron is currently the Web Compiler Architect for Snapshop.com, Inc., a provider of B2B2C (business-to-business-to-consumer) web applications.