An introduction to JSP Tag Libraries

Over time as I program in both JSP and ASP, I am increasingly finding JSP to be the far more powerful of the two server-side programming solutions. More than any other feature, tag libraries are the one aspect of JSP which has caused me to to choose JSP as my primary server-side web application tool.

Why? It all comes down to two issues: maintenance and development speed. Server-side scripting languages are the melting pot of Internet development. Within a single server page you may easily intermix different scripting methodologies and objects. Like concrete, this mixing of 'materials' is what gives server-side scripting its strength and it enables the server-side programmer to design very dynamic and flexible web pages. The free intermixing of scripting, however, can be very hard to maintain, especially as the size of the project increases. The end product is one that takes an experienced programmer to build and maintain instead of a traditional web designer. As a result server-side applications tend to be weaker in their final graphical design and implementation. Even worse, as the code gets more complicated the development speed decreases. Consequently, many medium- and large-sized server-side web applications are late and over budget. Finally, once implemented, many shops face the problem of finding qualified programmers to maintain what has become known as *spaghetti code.*

George Petrov

George PetrovGeorge Petrov is a renowned software writer and developer whose extensive skills brought numerous extensions, articles and knowledge to the DMXzone- the online community for professional Adobe Dreamweaver users. The most popular for its over high-quality Dreamweaver extensions and templates.

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