Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Sorry, this item is not available in
Image not available for
Colour:
Image not available

 
Share your own customer images
Search inside this book
Tell the Publisher!
I’d like to read this book on Kindle

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Mastering JSP Custom Tags and Tag Libraries (Java Open Source Library) [Paperback]

James Goodwill (Author)

Available from these sellers.


Books Trade-In
Amazon.co.uk Trade-In Store
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details. Learn more.

Book Description

Publication Date: 14 Mar 2002 | ISBN-10: 0471213039 | ISBN-13: 978-0471213031
Developed by the open source community to make writing JavaServer Pages (JSP) faster and easier, JSP custom tags give Java developers the ability to insert XML style tags, representing complex business logic, into a JSP. This code is reusable and can help to simplify and reduce the amount of original code that needs to be written.
∗ James Goodwill is a well–respected authority and bestselling author of books on Java Web applications
∗ Provides a hands–on, code–intensive guide for building and using custom tags to create enterprise–strength JSP applications and examines the concepts and techniques needed to build sophisticated Web applications
∗ Companion Web site contains the JSP, servlet, and custom tag code found in the book

Product details

More About the Author

› Visit Amazon's James Goodwill Page
James Goodwill
Discover books, learn about writers, and more.

Product Description

From the Back Cover

Learn how to build JavaServer Pages(TM) faster and easier using custom tags and tag libraries!

JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology enables developers to write custom tags that can be used as building blocks to quickly create dynamic Web–based applications. Custom tags can be grouped into tag libraries to create powerful collections of reusable code. Two of the most popular tag libraries include Apache′s Jakarta Taglibs, a collection of open source tag libraries, and Sun′s own Standard Tag Library.

In this book, James Goodwill shows how servlet and JSP technologies can be enhanced using custom tags and tag libraries. He demonstrates the programming techniques you need to build your own custom tag libraries, and how you can use two existing custom tag libraries: Apache′s Jakarta Taglibs and Sun′s new JSP Standard Tag Library. This hands–on, code–intensive guide to building enterprise–strength JSP applications also provides you with:
∗ Complete information on the new JSP Standard Tag Library and its expression language
∗ A guide to using simple tags, tags with bodies, cooperating tags, iteration tags, and conditional tags
∗ Detailed examples and advice for using Apache′s Jakarta Taglibs open source tag library
∗ A comprehensive reference to the Tag Library APIs

The companion Web site contains the JSP, servlets, and custom tags created in this book.

Wiley Computer Publishing
Timely. Practical. Reliable.

Visit our Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/
Visit the companion Web site at www.wiley.com/compbooks/goodwill

About the Author

JAMES GOODWILL is the cofounder and Chief Technology Officer at Virtuas Solutions, LLC, located in Denver, Colorado. He has extensive experience in designing and architecting e–business applications. James is also the author of Developing Java Servlets, Pure JavaServer Pages, and Apache Jakarta–Tomcat, all of which provide thorough examinations of the design and development of Java Web application technologies. James is currently leading Virtuas′s efforts in developing cutting–edge tools designed for J2EE e–business acceleration.
Inside This Book (Learn More)
First Sentence
In this chapter, we begin our JSP custom tag discussions. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

Customer Reviews

There are no customer reviews yet on Amazon.co.uk.
5 star
4 star
3 star
2 star
1 star
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com: 3.5 out of 5 stars  8 reviews
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Not what I expected--look carefully 28 Mar 2002
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
I was looking for a book that explained custom tag libraries in more depth and provided several rich examples. I thought this was the ticket and was convinced based on other reviews. Two things really disappointed me: 1) at least half the book is a reference of Apache and Sun's JSP library--not what I need; 2) of the remaing half off the book, fewer than 90 pages talk about custom tags (the rest is background material). So in a nutshell what I got was a 90 page book which didn't seem to explain things more than other books that I already had. With hind-sight 20:20, I should have just stuck with my "Java Server Pages" book by Fields/Kolb.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Mastering JSP Tags? 9 Feb 2003
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This book does cover a lot of ground. You will probably learn about JSP custom tags and tag libraries if you can get through all the typos and errors in the example code. I think this book does a good job of covering the mechanics of JSP Tags. I don't think it covers the design aspects of using tags very well. I would have rated it higher if someone had bothered to proofread this book.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great coverage of Taglibs and JSTL 2 May 2002
By Jon Costus - Published on Amazon.com
Format:Paperback
This book packs a lot into 400 pages, and is the most cutting-edge tags book I've seen. It uses a custom-built contact manager (all the code included) to demonstrate how the various components of a Java web app work together and how to deploy it using Tomcat. The app uses both MySQL and Access as its database, which should satisfy most readers. The illustrations explaining the servlet life cycle were excellent!

The book gives a thorough introduction to the various types of tags (simple, tags with bodies, cooperating, etc) and how they are used. Lots of practical code examples here. The illustrations in this part of the book very clearly explained the how custom tag components work together.

The Jakarta Taglibs coverage is very good, it is not exhaustive, but that's not bad since some of those tags should never see the light of day. I thought the author did a great job of picking the useful ones, explaining them, and providing code to demonstrate how they are used in combination. The coverage of the new Java standard tags is great, too. It includes info on the new expression language and how to change the language your tags use. Again, lots of good code to demonstrate usage.

Coverage of database concepts and tags was particularly good throughout this book. My only suggestion is to include even more code to demonstrate complex uses of the tags, but this would have made the book longer I suppose, and I do like that it is concise and easy to reference.

Were these reviews helpful?   Let us know

There's a problem loading this menu at the moment.

Learn more about Amazon Prime.

    Your Shopping Basket is empty.

    Give it purpose -- fill it with books, DVDs, clothes, electronics and more.

    If you already have an account, sign in.

    There's a problem previewing your shopping basket at the moment.

    Check your Internet connection and go to your cart, or try again.

    View Shopping Basket (0 items)

      Customer Discussions

      This product's forum
      Discussion Replies Latest Post
      No discussions yet

      Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
      Start a new discussion
      Topic:
      First post:
      Prompts for sign-in
       

      Search Customer Discussions
      Search all Amazon discussions
         

      Listmania!

      Create a Listmania! list

      Look for similar items by category

      Feedback