Introduction to JSP

• It stands for Java Server Pages.
• It is a server side technology.
• It is used for creating web application.
• It is used to create dynamic web content.
• In this JSP tags are used to insert JAVA code into HTML pages.
• It is a Web based technology helps us to create dynamic and platform-independent web pages.
• In this, Java code can be inserted in HTML/ XML pages or both.

Features of JSP

• Coding in JSP is easy :- As it is just adding JAVA code to HTML/XML.
• Reduction in the length of Code :- In JSP we use action tags, custom tags etc.
• Connection to Database is easier :-It is easier to connect website to database and allows to read or write data easily to the database.
• Make Interactive websites :- In this we can create dynamic web pages which helps user to interact in real time environment.
• Portable, Powerful, flexible and easy to maintain :- as these are browser and server independent.