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JavaServer Pages (JSP) is one of the two key Java technologies for web development (the other being servlets which are also covered in the book). They are analogous to ASP in the Microsoft world and PHP in the Open Source community. The latest release is version 2.0 (up from 1.2) and is the biggest leap in the JSP specification, soon to be finalized.In one single text, Pro JSP, Third Edition provides comprehensive coverage of JavaServer Pages, the enhancements in version 2.0 and the most popular associated technologies, including Servlets, JSTL, and Apache Tomcat 5. It takes you through building complex, complete JSP applications in order to further your understanding and additional chapters and individual case studies will be available as a supplemental download.Author InformationSimon Brown Simon works in London as a Technical Architect and has been using Java since its early beginnings, working in roles ranging from developer and architect to mentor and trainer. In the past few years, Simon has presented at the JavaOne conference, and has authored/coauthored several other books, including Professional JSP Tag Libraries. Simon maintains an active involvement within the Java community as a bartender (moderator) with JavaRanch and his open source JSP custom tagtesting framework called TagUnit.Sam Dalton Sam has worked with Java and related Technologies in London, UK for a number of years, and has coauthored two previous Wrox Press titles, Professional Java Servlets 2.3 (ISBN 186100561X), and Professional SCWCD Certification (ISBN 1861007701). Sam is an active contributor to TagUnit, an open source custom tag testing framework and is also pursuing other open source interests. He has just embarked on the next stage of his career adventure by joining ThoughtWorks.Daniel Jepp Daniel is currently a senior developer at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, based in London. He has been working with the Java platform and related technologies for a number of years now, and has presented several sessions at the JavaOne conference. Dan has recently completed work on Professional SCWCD Certification with coauthor Sam Dalton.Dave Johnson Dave currently works at HAHT Commerce and is an experienced software developer in the commercial software development, telecommunications, and Geographic Information Systems industries. Dave has been working with Java since before the dawn of Java 1.0. Since then, he has been involved in the development of a number of Javabased commercial products including the HAHTsite Application Server, HAHT eSyndication, Venetica`s Jasper document viewer, and Rogue Wave`s Object Factory IDE. David is also an active weblogger and the original developer of the open source Roller Weblogger software. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife and three children. Sing Li Bitten by the computer bug in 1978, Sing has grown up with the microprocessor revolution. His first PC was a $99 doityourself COSMIC ELF computer with 256 bytes of memory and a 1 bit LED display. For more than two decades, Sing has been a developer, author, consultant, speaker, instructor, and entrepreneur. His wideranging experience spans distributed architectures, web application/service systems, computer telephony integration, and embedded systems. Sing has been working with (and writing about) Java, Jini, and JXTA since their very first alpha releases, and is an evangelist of P2P technology and a participant in the JXTA community.Matt Raible Matt Raible is a Montana native who grew up in a log cabin without electricity or running water. He would hike to school a mile and a half everyday (skiing in the winter), and would arrive home to a very loving family. "The Cabin" is a beautiful place that will always be near and dear to him. Even without electricity, his father connected them to the Internet using a 300 Baud modem, a Commodore64, and a small generator. CompuServe was the name, slow was the game. Matt became inspired by the Internet in the early 1990s, and has been developing websites and web applications ever since. He graduated from the University of Denver in 1997 with degrees in Russian, International Business, and Finance.
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