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"better" is a relative term...

Posted by Jeff Kinsey on September 04, 2000 at 12:33 PM

It depends on what you are trying to do as to which is better in a given situation. A JSP is Sun's attempt at de-coupling content (HTML) from code. A servlet generally is a class that has �HTML� embedded as Strings that are output to the HttpServletResponse�s PrintWriter. The problem with this approach is that every time you want to change your HTML, you have to make a coding change.

Think of a JSP as a Servlet �inside-out�. In other words, a Servlet is a class with HTML within it. A JSP on the other hand is HTML with Java scriptlets within it.

I prefer to use a combination of Servlets and JSPs. I use the Servlet as a controller to speak to the backend server-side, and I use JSP�s to format and display content back to the browser.

Enough for now. There are plenty of good books out on JSPs as well as some good websites. I suggest starting here: http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/index.html

> Dear Friends,
> I just want to know which one is better JSP or Java Servlets as both are Server Side Scripting And out of these two which will emerge in front.
> Thanking you
> Ankush.Khona