Alex,
WebLogic has traditionally supported jhtml.
With the latest release this support is deprecated and JSP is recommended
for new development.
Brendan
TeamND
-----Original Message-----
From: Joel Parker Henderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 9:43 PM
To: Teplitsky, Alexander
Cc: 'NetDynamics Developers forum'
Subject: Re: [ND] JSP, JHTML vs ND Templates
> 1) How do I choose between using JHTML and JSP. They seem
to be overlapping
> 2) Which one of these will be supported by iPlanet and ND
5.0.2 ?
> 3) What is the advantage of JSP/JHTML over traditional ND
templates.
Hi,
JHTML and JSP and Java Servlets do indeed overlap.
JHTML is basic, JSP is medium, and Servlets are advanced.
In my experience, I would choose JHTML if I were developing
a simple
project with developers who understand HTML and little else.
JHTML
is like CFML (ColdFusion) and ASP, and will be fine for
these kinds
of projects.
JSP (Java Server Pages) is a more sophisticated way to build
dynamic HTML
pages. You embed Java code into your pages, and there are
easy ways to get
and set variables, as well as easy ways to write
full-fledged Java code.
In my experience, JSP is fine for quick-and-dirty projects
for developers
who are comfortable writing real Java and/or who have good
Java beans.
When a JSP page is loaded, it is automatically compiled into
a servlet;
so at run time, there is absolutely no difference between
the two.
The difference is that JSPs are quick and easy to write,
whereas
servlets require you to use the javax.servlet package and
truly
compile your code.
Like most technologies, there is a tradeoff between easy
quick approaches
and advanced profession approaches. I would absolutely use
servlets for
any kind of important project, and I would probably use
JHTML for easy
things like prototyping. I am not a big fan of JSP because I
think it is
overly complex for easy things, and overly loose for complex
things.
So in general, I recommend servlets.
ND5 already supports servlets for development, and the new
ND 5.02
supports servlets for deployment as well. IAS6 will support
these too.
The advantage of JSP over ND templates is that JSP is a
standard
technologies, and will allow embedding of arbitrary code.
There
are also third-party editors that can edit well-written JSP
pages,
especially if you use the XML-style JSP syntax (not <%...%>
markup)
In general, I recommend separating the display (the
HTML/XML) from the
application logic (Java/servlets). The separation tends to
improve
flexibility and reusability, and is also easier for
development teams that
combine artists and programmers. I think mixing HTML and
code, in general,
leads to problems down the line-- so I try to minimize my
use of templates
like ND.spg, JSP, ASP, etc.
What do other people here think?
Cheers,
Joel
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