Professional JSP Site Design

This book is designed to take you from a basic knowledge of the JSP and Servlet technologies to a deeper understanding of how best to implement core web site features such as dynamic navigation, page layout, and content management; potentially tricky subjects like managing frames are analyzed and the best approach discussed. The approach is pragmatic: where an open source component exists that provides the necessary functionality, we'll show you how best to integrate it into your own applications rather than inventing your own.

This book is for Java developers who want to take their knowledge to the next level by learning how to apply their skills with JSP and Servlets to practical, real-world issues of web site design. Knowledge of the JSP 1.1 and Servlet 2.2 standards, together with the Java language and core APIs, is assumed. An understanding of XML will be of benefit, but is not essential.

This book covers:

• The Apache Struts Framework for Java-based web applications
• HTTP and frame-management techniques
• The JSP Standard Tag Library (JSPTL) Early Access release
• Dynamic navigation and page layout
• Error handling and logging for web sites
• Strategies for integration with relational databases and J2EE
• Security, user management, visitor tracking, and personalization
• Content management, searching, and portal sites
• A case study of an XML-based application framework

Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Component-Driven Web Programming
Chapter 2: The Struts Framework
Chapter 3: Caches and Browsers
Chapter 4: Coping with Frames
Chapter 5: Page Layout
Chapter 6: Navigation
Chapter 7: Error Handling, Logging, and Notification
Chapter 8: Data Access Patterns
Chapter 9: J2EE Integration
Chapter 10: Security and User Management
Chapter 11: Visitor Tracking and Personalization
Chapter 12: Content Management
Chapter 13: Searching
Chapter 14: Portals
Chapter 15: An XML-JSP Framework - 1
Chapter 16: An XML-JSP Framework - 2
Chapter 17: An XML-JSP Framework - 3
Chapter 18: Web Application Scalability and Deployment

Appendix A: Installing Tomcat 4.0
Appendix B: MySQL
Appendix C: The Apache Software License

Index