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JSP and scriptlets

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java

jsp

scriptlet

jstl

el

I know that using scriptlets are considered taboo nowadays. Its okay and I will agree to the Top Star's words (as I am just a novice in Java at the moment).

What I have heard so far is, its to make the designers life easier. But I wonder, if it has anything to do with performance of JSP pages. On the other hand, if its just for "making designers life easier", what do you guys think about using scriptlets in a situation where Java developer do both the work ?

If scriptlets are bad in all aspects nowadays, what are your recommendations ? EL ? JSTL ?

Thanks

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M-D Avatar asked Oct 18 '12 05:10

M-D

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It is not just about making others life easier, it is also about making YOUR life easier. JSTL and other tags force/help you to write a JSP properly. A problem with scriptlets is that people do things in a JSP that they shouldn't. I mean, JSTL (among other tags) helps you to keep MVC pattern because basically, if there is something that you cannot do with JSTL in a JSP, it is because you should not. If you do not respect MVC and do things in JSPs that you shouldn't

You can use JSTL, struts tags, springs tags, etc. There are few options and you can combine them.

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jddsantaella Avatar answered Sep 19 '22 12:09

jddsantaella

EL and JSTL is what I recommend because they make developers life easy too. Your code readability is improved when you use EL and JSTL in comparison to scriplets. With JSTL, I experienced that iterating through an arraylist is so easy in comparison to using scriptlets. This is just one thing that I found so useful. But there are plenty of it.

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Abubakkar Avatar answered Sep 20 '22 12:09

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