Oracle JDeveloper 10g for Forms & PL/SQL Developers: A Guide to Web Development with Oracle ADF
by Peter Koletzke, Duncan Mills
Why Was JSF Developed?
The popularity of JSP technology grew rapidly because it was easier to use than the preceding technologies. Instead of building up an HTML page using print statements and coding low-level details of the HTTP communication in a servlet file, developers could concentrate on creating the HTML page using HTML tags and JSP (Java-oriented) tags. They could use HTML visual editors for the visual design and Java tools for the required Java logic. In the early days of JSP technology, developers used the core JSP tags with Java scriptlets added for custom functionality. However, they found themselves writing the same scriptlets in each application and so started creating their own custom tags to perform the same function as those ...
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