Tech Glossary
What is JSP?
JSP (JavaServer Pages) is a technology for creating dynamic web pages. JSP pages contain plain HTML code and JSP tags. JSP tags are used to add Java code to the HTML code. The Java code in JSP pages runs on the server and generates HTML code that is sent to the browser. JSP is used to create web pages that contain a lot of dynamic content. Examples of dynamic content are user information, timestamps and database information. JSP is a good choice for creating web pages that contain a lot of dynamic content because it allows developers to create and test web pages quickly. JSP is a technology similar to ASP (Active Server Pages) and PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor). All three technologies enable developers to create dynamic web pages. However, JSP is unique because it uses the Java language. That makes JSP a good choice for developers who are already familiar with Java.