Your problem is quite more general than JSP/tags/CGI/etc. - how do you teach a
programmer things like good style and code/design/structure esthetics? It is
incredibly hard, especially when dealing with "just get it working" type of
people. The main benefit from tag libraries and the MVC approach i
Simple: Code reuse and maintenance.
Why duplicate Java code in multiple places, when all
you need is a tag that has the code written one time?
And maintenance couldn't be easier. Having to update
x-number of files, when all you need to do is update
one file.
Regards,
Steve
--- Michael <[EMAIL
long before server pages or servlets existed i was
writing these C++ template based systems with CGI
so i could do my best to separate content generation from programming
logic...
i'm a consultant and this company made me lead on my first JSP/Servlet based
project,
i was really excited to get inv
