JSPs are an integral part of a web application. If jsps are not coded properly, then it becomes a most unorganized piece of code. You must have seen huge jsps, which end up as a source of defects, and asking you to change them many times. Maintaining such code becomes a very expensive activity. Also it impacts stability of entire application. Following few simple practices can change working on jsp into a happy activity.
1. Reuse Common HTML
There are two main advantages of it. First is – you are maximising reuse …

JSF – Java Server Faces is a web tier technology. This technology is different from other JEE web tier technologies in many aspects. This tutorial helps you to understand building blocks of JSF, compares it with other web tier technologies like Struts, Spring MVC etc. Following detailed articles constitute this tutorial.
JSF Hello World Example on Eclipse and Tomcat: An example code that can be a starting point for your trials of JSF technology.
Mapping JSF with Other Web Tier Technologies: This article explores similarities, and differences amongst JSF and other web …

Normally, a jsp contains static and dynamic contents. Static contents are written using html while dynamic contents are executed at server side, and the resultant data is presented again in html format. When a page is presented in a browser, it contains sequence of html tags that are nested to present view elements and data. When we are working with JSF, the presented page is still the same, but the way jsp code is written, and the way it is processed by the container, there is major difference. Let us …

This article gives details of different usages of Jsp technology in isolation and also with other technologies.

Implicit object are those objects which are available in jsp by default. Developer does not need to declare these objects, the web container creates them. Such objects are discussed here.