This book is full of pictures and text, and introduces popular Java web development technology JSP 2.0 in an all-around way, focusing on Java's two important display-layer technologies: Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages. They are the most important core technologies of Java. A deep understanding of these two technologies will help you in the future to learn JavaServer Faces (JSF) technology and Java Web Services technology.
This manual provides step‑by‑step instructions for setting up the development environment required for JSP 2.0. It covers installing J2SDK 1.4.2, configuring environment variables, and installing Tomcat 5.0.16 with optional service setup.
Later chapters describe deploying the JSPBook.war example, using JSTL 1.1 tag libraries, and detailed tag syntax such as
Run the installer j2sdk-1_4_2_03-windows-i586-p.exe, accept the license, choose the installation path, and set the JAVA_HOME, PATH and CLASSPATH variables as shown.
Execute jakarta-tomcat-5.0.16.exe, accept the terms, select a full installation, then configure the Tomcat port and administrator login.
JSTL stands for JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library, and version 1.1 is the latest release described in the manual.