Hi Jason,
Jason Hunter wrote:
>
> I just posted a new article to Servlets.com titled "The Problems
> with JSP" that will be of particular interest to the people on
> this list.
Well, there's been a lot of response, so let me throw in my two cents.
The only point I really agree with you on is the "waste of space"
issue, though from talking to some major sites that use servlet
technology (DocSpace, i|money) the use of templates is very common
out there.
I think that the lack of class unloading/reloading is the major factor
that will keep real sites from using JSPs. Take our site for example
(http://www.klgroup.com). We want a more "interactive" site, but
we don't want multiple sets of pages - all pages should be managed
using a single technology. Can JSPs do that? No, we'd end up having
way to many classes loaded into memory for all those mostly static
pages. Plus we need a real authoring solution, so we're going with a
well-known commercial template engine that's not ASP (though I suppose
I can't really say it's initials are CF).
Personally, I think if we could get a JSP/servlet engine that could
deal with servlets like it deals with plain HTML - caching only
the MRU pages and loading from disk on demand as needed, then we could
put JSPs into production use. Until then, other solutions will fill
the gap.
Perhaps it's time for a JSR for a standard servlet-based template engine?
Anyway, thanks for the interesting article.
Ethan
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Ethan Henry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Java Evangelist, KL Group http://www.klg.com
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