Chapter 2. Getting Started with Java Server Pages

In this chapter

A "Hello World" Java Server Page

Java Server Pages are, in the most basic sense, Web pages with embedded Java code. The embedded Java code is executed on the server before the page is returned to the browser. If a picture is worth a thousand words, in this case an example is worth a thousand explanations. Listing 2.1 shows a basic Java Server Page.

Example 2.1. HelloWorld.jsp


<HTML>
<BODY>
<%
     out.println("<H1>Hello World!</H1>");
%>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Although you can probably ...

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