Pure servlets: Designing Web UIs for Simplicity

Posted by solrac on Mar 29, 2007 12:11 AM EDT
IBM/developerWorks; By Jason Van Cleve
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This article demonstrates the advantages of an unorthodox alternative: using simple helper objects to build a Web interface based on servlets alone. This is an invitation to think outside the framework, if you will, and imagine a Web interface built directly on the Java Servlet API.

JSP was designed to keep Web developers' tasks separate from those of the nondevelopers who design dynamic webpage UIs. Unfortunately, JSP is a bit too complicated for many designers. This article demonstrates the advantages of an unorthodox alternative: using simple helper objects to build a Web interface based on servlets alone. This is an invitation to think outside the framework, if you will, and imagine a Web interface built directly on the Java Servlet API.

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