JavaServer Pages (JSPs) have been with us for a while now. The Model 2 Architecture has been implemented in various ways such as Struts, Turbine and Tapestry. Java Server Faces is supposed to be the next generation Java web model. So what's the plan of the Java community for the future of JSPs? Java Specification Request 52: The JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL).

According to JSR 52, the purpose of JSTL is encapsulate common, core JSP functionality such as iteration, conditionals, XML support, SQL support, etc. and by doing so allow containers to optimize their respective implementations and allow developers to only have to learn a single API.

The presentation will cover the following:

• - Introduction to JSTL
• - JSTL Syntax
• - Overview of JSTL tags
- JSTL Code in Action

Derek Lane