Trying to learn JSP and Servlets

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[johnnydequino]

I am a fluent HTML programmer, but I am looking to transform one of my websites from HTML to JSP using servlets.

The reason: Trying to produce dynamic content - when a customer enters a variable, I would like to read a database and produce the necessary result.

Assuming I know nothing about JSP, what are the best tools, sites, to learn it?

Hope I posted this in the right area. =)

jd

[storevalley]

Type "jsp tutorial" into Google, jd. There's some pretty interesting stuff in the top 10.

Might be worth checking out good old fashioned PHP + MySQL too. Don't think I have ever found a JSP site that impressed me for performance.

(I just *know* there is going to be an enormous list of kick-ass JSP sites here before the morning ;))

[txbakers]

JSP is VERY robust. It's probably the most robust platform available as it incorporates the entire java language if you need it. Plus, you can write in Struts for further dynamic content.

it's also the most difficult and comprehensive to learn. And it requires a java application server such as Tomcat or JRun, and the configuration required for those as well.

The poster above suggested php which is a good choice if all you want to do is create simple dynamic sites.

I use ASP since I have a Windows server. PHP and ASP are easy to learn and implement.

I've worked in JSP, I like it, but it really is overkill unless you're going to get into very heavy application building. For reading and writing databases, ASP or PHP are the way to go.

[johnnydequino]

Thanks for your responses guys! After doing more research, I think PHP is the way I am going to go.

Let's see what happens.

jd