Using Java Server Pages as a Web Server
Written on March 20, 2008 by admin
JSP Hosting Fundamentals
Java Server Pages or JSP Hosting denotes a Java hosting program similar to Microsoft ASP. JSP hosting refers to the ability to run and manage Java Server Pages. Even though JSP is quite similar to Microsoft’s Active Server Pages (ASP), JSP is slightly different in term of the web hosting environment.
JSP is a server-side language that uses simple tag-based codes inserted into HTML and XML to produce dynamic and interactive web pages that are platform independent, meaning that by all means they should appear exactly the same on every computer screen, no matter which platform user’s use. This is true when you publish your JSP-coded website on a JSP-supported Java hosting provider.
JSP also allows web contents designers to combine dynamically generated HTML with their standard, static HTML code. While most CGI programs require you to compose the entire website in one program. JSP allows user to compose dynamic aspects and static aspects of your site individually.
Java Web Hosting which includes JSP support would be the logical choice of any web content designer wishing to eradicate a need to repeat work they’ve already done. Java hosting, and JSP hosting specifically, would also be an efficient choice for those web designers working with a team.
One of the flexibilities concerning JSP is that user or developer don’t need to learn Java to use it and it’s practically built into programs like Macromedia Dreamweaver MX.
JSP’s use a variety of simple tags. The following are some of the most common ones:
- Hidden Comments: <–comment–> Document the page, not sent to the client
- Directives: <%@directive%> Instructions processed when the page is compiled
- Declarations: <%!declaration%> Declare methods or variables with scope throughout the page.
- Expressions: <%=expression%> A bit more complicated to explain, expressions produce results which are then inserted into the output stream at the appropriate place
- Scriptlets: <%scriptlet%> A fragment of code that can access a declared variable and execute it at a defined time.
- Actions:
Hence, in conclusion, if you are running JSP, remember that you need to have a host that provides JSP runtime modules on your web server so that you can run the appropriate scripts.
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