JSTL Tutorials and Online Training

JSTL (JSP Standard Tag Library)  is very promising technology and it allows the web developer to create powerful web application without using scriptlets. This JSTL Online training at RoseIndia.Net will help you learn JSTL quickly.

This JSTL tutorial at RoseIndia.Net introduces you with the JSTL - Java Standard Tag Libraries. JSTL online tutorial will help you quick start the development using powerful JSTL Tag Libraries. By using JSTL you will make your JSP program more reusable and more readable. In this tutorial you will find everything you need to know about JSTL. 

Browse through the follow topics to learn JSTL fast.

1. Introduction to JSTL - JSP Standard Tag Library 
   What is JSP JSTL and its benefits?
   History of JSTL ( about Jakarta Taglibs project) (jstl-history.shtml)
   Why JSTL?
   What are the disadvantages of JSTL?
   Overview of all the JSTL tags
   JSTL Versions (jstl-versions.shtml)
   JSTL Tags Quick Example (jstl-tags.shtml)
   JSTL Example to clean up scriptlets
   New Features in EL 2.0
                       
2. Downloading and Installing the JSTL
   Downloading JSTL
   Configuring JSTL (jstl-configuration.shtml)
   Configuring JSTL on Tomcat (jstl-tomcat.shtml)
   Configuring JSTL on WebLogic Server
   Configuring JSTL on Websphere (jstl-websphere.shtml)
   Configuring JSTL on Geronimo Application Server (jstl-geronimo.shtml)
   Configuring JSTL on JBoss
   Configuring JSTL on Oracle Application Server
   Configuring JSTL on JEE Glash Fish application Server
   Hello World JSTL
                         
3. JSTL Implicit Objects
                         
4. Core JSTL Tags
                         
5. JSTL EL Overview
   Expressions
   Identifiers
   Operators
   Type Coercion
   Literal Values
   Implicit Objects
   Method invocation
   EL Expression in custom actions
                   
6. General purpose and conditional actions
   General purpose actions c:out, c:set, c:remove, c:catch
   Conditional action
   Using conditional and general-purpose actions together
                      
7. Iteration Tags 
   c:for Each action
   c:forTokens action
   Iteration status
   Custom Iteration actions
                          
8. URL Actions
   c:import action
   c:redirect action
   c:url action
   c:param action
   Accessing external resource from JSTL tags
                       
9. Formatting actions
   Formatting and parsing numbers
   Formatting and parsing dates and times with DateTime
   Using Time Zone
   Determining a formatting locale
                       
10. Database actions with the DBTags Library
    How JSTL locates data sources
    Creating data sources
    Querying and updating a database
    Executing database transactions
    Implementing database custom actions
    Using the DBTags and Input tag libraries together to create data-bound forms
                          
11. File IO with IO Library
    Using IO tags to read text and bytes
    Using IO tags to write text and bytes
    Using IO tags for other file IO operations
                                
12. XML Manipulation Tags
    Understanding XML and related technologies (XML, DTD, Schemas, XLS and XPath)
    XML action overview
    XPath overview
    Parsing XML
    Using scoped variables in XPath instructions
    Transforming XML with XSLT
    Filtering XML
    Accessing external entities
                                      
13. Additional useful tag library in JSTL
    Validating forms and data with the Regexp tag lib
    Using the Request and Response taglib to facilitate easier handling of JSP requests and response
    Using the session and Application taglibs
    Generating random numbers and strings with the Random taglib
    Sending email with the Mailer taglib
    Extracting Content from documents on the web with the scrape taglib
    Example to manipulate the String with the String taglib