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"If you want to add JSP to your Web-building arsenal, this book will help you get rapid results." --Al Williams, Java columnist, Web Techniques and technical editor of this book
Your Complete Guide to Creating Dynamic Web Content with JSP
In this authoritative guide, Professor Barry Burd shows you step by step how to capitalize on JavaServer Pages, the Sun Microsystems solution for interactive Web pages. Writing with real-world challenges in mind, he explains the steps in writing JSP documents -- and then walks you through several case studies. Complete with ready-to-run Web pages and programs on CD-ROM, this book delivers all you need to create state-of-the-art Web sites with JavaServer Pages.
Get the Know-How You Need to Build a JSP-Powered Site
* Understand the ins and outs of JSP technology
* Develop JSP on Windows, Unix/Linux, and other platform
* Integrate JSP documents with back-end databases
* Code, test, and revise JSP documents efficiently
* Integrate JSP documents with existing pages on a site
* Maintain and update JSP documents
* Create an online shopping cart
* Build a Web portal and an online game
* Construct a message board Web site
CD-ROM INCLUDES
* Ready-to-run sample code from the book
* Apache Web Server
* ServeletExec, evaluation version
* JData Connect Standard Edition, trial version
* An entire suite of Web development tools
* Tomcat JSP Implementation Server
* IBM WebSphere Studio Entry Editions, V3.5 for Windows, trial copy
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Synopsis
This book presents JavaServer Pages in a clear, readable, no-nonsense fashion. The book takes you through all steps in the creation of a JSP document -- including evaluating the usefulness of JSP in a real-world project, researching alternative approaches, planning and designing a Web site based on JavaServer Pages, coding a JSP document, testing and revising the document, making the document available on the Web, integrating the JSP document with existing pages on a Web site, and maintaining the JSP document. The CD includes Apache Web Server, .Tomcat JSP Implementation Server, and sample code from the book.
About the Author
BARRY BURD is a professor at Drew University in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. He as been involved with the Internet since 1988 and has presented papers on Java at conferences in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Table of Contents
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
Part I: Basic JSP Scripting.
Chapter 1: Your First JavaServer Pages.
Chapter 2: Using JSP Scripting Elements.
Chapter 3: Implicit Objects.
Chapter 4: JSP Directives.
Chapter 5: What You Can Learn by Looking at Servlets.
Chapter 6: Standard Actions.
Chapter 7 Case Study: A Simple Web Portal.
Part II: JavaBeans and Their Applications.
Chapter 8: Using JavaBeans.
Chapter 9: Case Study: Tic-Tac-Toe.
Part III: Using Databases with JavaServer Pages.
Chapter 10: Interacting with a Database.
Chapter 11: Case Study: An Online Message Board.
Part IV: Advanced Topics.
Chapter 12: Deploying a Web Application.
Chapter 13: Creating Customized Tags.
Chapter 14: Case Study: A Web Shopping Cart.
Appendix A: What's on the CD-ROM.
Appendix B: The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
Appendix C: Configuring a Database with Access in Windows.
Index.
End-User License Agreement.
CD-ROM Installation Instructions.