Previous posters have covered many of the points I believe are relevant:
- custom tag libraries allow the developers to invest in high quality,
standarized (to a corporation) ways of combining dynamic and static data
for presentation
- the JSP spec allows for other scripting languages (although Java is
the only one that has been standarized til now). In particular, you
could use JavaScript, or, somebody could produce a PHP for JSP.
- Java is particularly nice in translating from small projects to large
projects.
Some other thoughts:
- there will probably be some basic iteration actions as part of a
standard tag library for JSPs.
- we expect improved authoring support for actions in tag libraries (so
your HTML/JSP authors can get help in using these actions to do what
they want).
- JSP has pretty wide support so you get a number of different
implementations that are competing for your attention and $$s, covering
a range of performance/costs. This is a healthy situation to be in as a
customer.
- Stability and timely evolution of the platform is in the interest of
the members of the Java platform, specially Sun.
I am biased, but I hope this helps some,
- eduard/o
> Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 22:30:07 -0000
> From: Barry Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: JSP vs. PHP
>
> Kevin,
>
> Thanks for your comments.
>
> I already use JSP and Servlets in development of web applications, but
> somebody mentioned PHP to my boss, and now he can't leave the damn thing
> alone. As I said, I am not so blind as to write it off just because I like
> Java, but my purpose of posting (as well as real interest in the comparison)
> was to find a good excuse NOT to use PHP.
>
> I have to say, even with my keen interest in Java, that PHP appears to be
> easier to develop light-weight web apps with, as it's simple syntax makes it
> easier for HTML guys to understand ;-).
>
> Barry Scott
> IJava UK
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