JSP custom tags provide a standardized mechanism for separating presentation and business logic in a dynamic Web page, allowing page designers to focus on presentation while application developers code the back end. In this installment of J2EE pathfinder, enterprise-minded developer Kyle Gabhart introduces the basics of JSP custom tags and takes you through the five-step process of incorporating them into your JSP pages. More info

A good introduction to the jakarta struts framework, covering all the major elements you need to build your first struts project. More info

In this article I'll introduce two of the other tag libraries: the bean and logic libraries. The information relates to version 1.0.2. If you're interested in the last Struts library--template--then I'd suggest you look at the documentation found on Struts' home page. More info

The Jakarta Stuts project takes care of some of the details when combining servlets and JavaBeans with JavaServer Pages More info

This is a tutorial to help a developer understand what is meant by JavaServer Pages. The reader will learn the main concepts, setup the JSP environment on their computer and write a few JSP programs. More info

Servlets are the Java Technologies' answer to CGI programming. They are programs which run on the server side and generate dynamic content. Why would one prefer to use Servlets over traditional CGI programming? More info

Tag extensions look like HTML (or rather, XML) tags embedded in a JSP page. They have a special meaning to a JSP engine at translation time, and enable application functionality to be invoked without the need to write Java code in JSP scriptlets. Well-designed tag extension libraries can enable application functionality to be invoked without the appearance of programming. More info

Links to a number of different JSP Custom Tag tutorials. Most aspects of tag development are covered here. More info

Have you ever wanted to develop JSP Web applications? This article will help you get all the tools you need installed on your computer, and walk you through the process of writing a simple application. More info

After completing this tutorial you will be able to use the conditional tags from the Struts framework, use the iterate tag from the Struts framework, handle HTTP headers using Struts and handle cookies with Struts and with the response object. More info