Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

developerWorks again, great stuff, this time its an article/tutorial on JSTL. JSTL is the Java Standard Tag Library. Its a set of "core" tag libraries for use with JSP applications that reduce scripting java code (scriptlets) to a common more template friendly approach called EL. EL is the "Expression Language" used by JSTL. JSTL of course also has a set of common utility functions.

I think tag libraries are all well and good, but I still dont understand how some EL code mixed in the HTML on a JSP page is better than your own taglib (other than its more standardized) or for that matter no taglib and a METHOD from your bean(s). The bottom line is there is still some logic mixed and mucked right in the middle of the presentation and that frankly sucks.

Anyway, its a good read, checkit via the link.   A JSTL primer: The expression language