Chapter 21. Writing Java Servlets and Java Server Pages
The last subject to be explored is one of the most exciting and dynamic areas in Java: the use of a web server as a platform for application development.
The Java language has moved beyond applications that run on your computer and applets that run on a web page. Servlets, web applications run by a server over the Internet and presented by a web browser, employ Java with all the features of the language.
Using servlets, you can collect input from users through web page forms, present records from a database or another source, and create web pages dynamically.
This approach can be enhanced by Java Server Pages (JSP), a way to create web pages that mix static Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) with ...
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