Benefits of JSP

Although JSP technically can t do anything 

servlets can t do, JSP makes it easier to:

Write HTML

Read and maintain the HTML

JSP makes it possible to:

Use standard HTML tools such as HomeSite or

UltraDev

Have different members of your team do the HTML 

layout and the programming

JSP encourages you to

Separate the (Java) code that creates the content from the 

(HTML) code that presents it

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Advantages of JSP Over 

Competing Technologies

Versus ASP or ColdFusion

Better language for dynamic part 

Portable to multiple servers and operating systems

Versus PHP

Better language for dynamic part

Better tool support

Versus WebMacro or Velocity

Standard

Versus pure servlets

More convenient to create HTML

Can use standard tools (e.g., HomeSite)

Divide and conquer

JSP developers still need to know servlet programming

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