JSTL: JSP Standard Tag Library Kick Start By Jeff Heaton
Table of Contents
Introduction
Structure and Organization of the Book
This book is designed to be used both as a reference and as a tutorial for the JSTL tag library. The first five chapters discuss the core features of JSTL. If you're not familiar with JSTL, we recommend that you read Chapters 1 through 5 before reading the rest of the book. Chapters 1 through 3 explain core programming techniques that you will need for JSTL programming. Chapter 4 takes an in-depth look at the expression language supported by JSTL. Chapter 5 describes loops and iteration, the core feature of any programming language.
You can read the remaining chapters in any order; they describe individual tags that add specific features to JSTL. Chapter 6 describes how to format data. Chapter 7 examines how to access data with SQL. XML processing is covered in Chapter 8. Chapter 9 discusses Internet programming. Chapter 10 completes the coverage of JSTL and describes how to create an international program.
The final two chapters discuss topics beyond JSTL. Chapter 11 shows how you can create your own tag libraries compatible with JSTL. Chapter 12 demonstrates how to package and deploy your tag-based Web applications.