-- Learn JSP by doing -- through example projects on a live sample Web site!

-- Up-to-the-minute coverage includes the JSP 1.2 API, custom tags, and WAR files.

Quick step-by-step solutions: Scripting and action elements, directives, session tracking, and more

Sun's brand-new JSP 1.2 standard delivers unprecedented power for building enterprise-class, platform-independent Web applications. Now, Web professionals can master JSP 1.2 fast, hands-on, by building real applications. This book starts with simple examples, then incrementally introduces more sophisticated projects and techniques -- helping Web developers rapidly learn practical techniques it might otherwise take years to master. This concise book delivers up-to-the-minute coverage of Sun's new JSP 1.2 API standard. Coverage includes: Scripting elements, action elements, directives, the JSP engine, retrieving and sending information, tracking sessions, using JavaBeans, working with custom tags, deploying JSP applications, using WAR files, and much more. All of the book's sample applications are on the Web -- so Web professionals can reuse the code, and see exactly how their pages should look and work. For all Web professionals who want to master JSP as quickly as possible.