Re: newbie: JSP vs Servlets

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Fri, 29 Dec 2006 14:45:01 -0500

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Robert M. Gary wrote:

Robert Magdziarz wrote:

Hello,
I have just started learning Java. I have one question: how about
performance of JSP comparing to Servlets? I am using Windows XP and Debian.

For me the difference is complexity. If I'm doing something simple I'll
use JSP. However, I don't want to write pages and pages of JSP code
because it gets unmanageable. Also, if you are using embedded frames
<iframe> and are using different MIME types (gif, etc) you need to use
servlets. I have pages I've written that produce a series of dynamic
jfreechart gifs in iframes. I don't think you can do that is JSP.
The problem with using JSP is that there are no good editors for both
the html and the jsp. I use Eclipse to write the jsp and FrontPage to
mange the HTML (apply style sheets etc). So I find myself bouncing
between the two applications against the same file (gotta be careful).

JSP's can not generate binary stuff.

But the main choice should be based on:
mostly tags => JSP
mostly Java code => servlet + other Java classes
not on complexity.

Arne

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