RE: JSP development environments

2004-03-25 Thread Steve Bang
I briefly looked into M7 last year -- it looked very interesting, but the pricing gave me pause. The pricing clearly targeted enterprises, not individual developers -- last September, the price of the M7 Application Assembly Suite was $12,500 per server plus $3,000 per developer. Even if it was

RE: Taglib and Dreamweaver Mx

2002-10-10 Thread Steve Bang
To add a support for a custom tag library into Dreamweaver MX, there are a few simple steps: 1) Click Edit Tag Libraries ... 2) In the Tag Library Editor dialog, under Tags click on the plus (+) icon. 3) In the drop-down list, choose JSP Import from file (*.tld,*.jar,*.zip). 4) In the Import

MVC/JSTL -- ANN: Maverick MVC Framework v2.1 Released

2002-06-12 Thread Steve Bang
The Maverick 2.1 announcement seems relevant to both the current MVC discussion as well as to JSTL users in general: [Maverick offers] Clean, easy-to-understand MVC separation Maverick is an excellent tool for use with the JSTL standard tag library; the primary JSP example uses JSTL to render

Standard Taglib listing on Jakarta site

2002-05-30 Thread Steve Bang
It seems confusing to me (and no doubt others) that Standard Taglib is synonymous with JSTL or JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library. When I first went looking for JSTL, it wasn't immediately apparent that this was the place to find it. I would much prefer to see the listing as JSP Standard Tag

RE: How to split results over multiple pages with DBtags ?

2002-05-06 Thread Steve Bang
Hmmm...this is one of the most frequently asked for options on the JSP-Interest mailing list. You'd think there would be an option like this in the Jakarta taglibs. Is there a way to do this in JSTL 1.0? If not, could this be in JSTL 1.1? Steve -Original Message- From: Modha Kumar

Dreamweaver MX (announced today) adds custom tag library support

2002-04-29 Thread Steve Bang
Today Macromedia announced Dreamweaver MX, which replaces both Dreamweaver and Dreamweaver Ultradev. With this new version, you can quickly import tag library information from TLD files and make this information available in Code Hints drop-down menus, a Tag Chooser, and the Tag Inspector. For

JSTL taglib directive prefix and short-name

2002-04-10 Thread Steve Bang
in the JSP 1.2 specs: a simple default short name that could be used by a JSP page authoring tool to create names with a mnemonic value; for example, the it may be used as the preferred prefix value in taglib directives. Steve Steve Bang Sr. Staff Information Developer AlphaBlox (http

Using the JSTL expression language vs. using Java as a scripting language

2002-04-02 Thread Steve Bang
I'm encountering developers who question the value of the EL, since it often isn't really much different than using Java as a scripting language. Using Java as a scripting language in JSP pages is more akin to JavaScript, it seems, than it is to the EL. See the snippet below for an example of

RE: JSTL tag prefix naming conventions?

2002-03-21 Thread Steve Bang
If I redefined the prefixes, then when my customers or I buy Shawn's book (or any others), they'd have to reinterprete every description and example to map the new prefix names to the default ones. And, likewise, it would complicate any newgroup or mailing list discussions. So, a solution to

RE: JSTL tag prefix naming conventions?

2002-03-21 Thread Steve Bang
While Java also supports meaningful naming, in this case the goal is to create tag libraries for non-programmers. So, names like x and fmt are not terribly clear. The HTML tags are not cryptic, and whenever possible, neither should JSP tags. I undestand that the HTML tags don't need a prefix,

RE: JSTL tag prefix naming conventions?

2002-03-21 Thread Steve Bang
opinions. On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Steve Bang wrote: While Java also supports meaningful naming, in this case the goal is to create tag libraries for non-programmers. So, names like x and fmt are not terribly clear. The HTML tags are not cryptic, and whenever possible, neither should JSP tags

Using set to change scope

2002-03-08 Thread Steve Bang
We have a custom tag library that treats all of our tags with a session scope (by design). Is it possible to use JSTL's c:set tag to change the scope on one of the attributes on our tags? Users are requesting the ability to dynamically change an attribute value on our tags when a page is

RE: uri and jspversion in Jakarta tag libraries

2002-02-19 Thread Steve Bang
is correct, no changes will be made. Glenn Glenn Nielsen wrote: Steve, Thanks for reporting this. The correct element name is taglib-uri. Looks like there is a bug in the taglibs build. I'll look into it. Thanks, Glenn Steve Bang wrote: In the Jakarta tag libraries

uri and jspversion in Jakarta tag libraries

2002-02-18 Thread Steve Bang
In the Jakarta tag libraries, including the DateTime and DBTags tag libraries, the TLD files include a uri tag to define the tag library's URI and the jspversion is defined as 1.1. But, the JSP 1.1 specs do not mention the uri tag. Isn't this new to JSP 1.2? If so, why were the URI tags added

RE: problem with forEach

2002-02-11 Thread Steve Bang
JSTL states that it supports JSP 1.2. Does mean that it is required for all of the tags, or only the ones dependent on JSP 1.2 functionality? I'm curious since I want to experiment with the use of JSTL with our company's product, which currently supports Tomcat 3.2.3, WebLogic 6.1, and WebSphere

Tag lib version information -- where is it kept?

2002-01-21 Thread Steve Bang
What's the best way to reference different TLD versions? In some of the Jakarta taglibs, it seems that the uri is used to define the version, while others do not seem to show version information. Is the tlibversion tag in the TLD reserved? If a tag lib is updated, is there an appropriate place