Custom Web Development

The breakthrough solution for easier, faster, and more powerful Web development. Powerful techniques for accelerating, simplifying, and standardizing Web application development In-depth coverage of JSTL 1.0, including built-in tags, the new JSTL expression language, and custom tag development Written for both experienced Java platform developers and Web page authors By the best-selling author of Graphic Java and Advanced JavaServer Pages Using JSTL, software developers and Web page authors can create robust, flexible Web applications more quickly and easily than ever before. Now, best-selling author and JSTL expert David Geary presents the definitive guide to JSTL: its built-in tags, powerful expression language, and extensibility. Through practical examples and extensive sample code, Geary demonstrates how JSTL simplifies, streamlines, and standardizes a wide range of common Web development tasks and helps you build Web applications far more easily than JavaServer Pages technology alone. Key topics covered: Building HTML forms; accessing form data, JavaBeans components (beans), collections, and maps; constructing URLs and importing their content; redirecting HTTP responses; iterating over collections of objects; handling errors Localizing Web sites for multiple languages and countries, including localizing text and formatting and parsing numbers, currencies, percents, and dates.

Learn how to build JavaServer Pages 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 languageA guide to using simple tags, tags with bodies, cooperating tags, iteration tags, and conditional tagsDetailed examples and advice for using Apache’ s Jakarta Taglibs open source tag libraryA 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.