
SAP Tools and Programming ◾ 341
JSP is compiled, whereas scripts are interpreted. JSP utilizes the Java Servlet technology to achieve
server-side processing.
A JSP consists of Java code embedded within a structured document such as HTML or XML.
e basic idea is to use the markup language for the static portion of the presentation and embed
special tags within the page to mark up the dynamic content. e tags are used to process incom-
ing requests from a client and consequently generate a response. As JSP uses additional system
resources, wherever the presentation content is static, a plain HTML page should be used. e Use
of JSP allows the presentation ...