JSP and Servlets for Spring Developers and Spring Beginners

[Ali Gordon]

Hi,

I want to learn only the bare minimum JSP and Servlets needed to fully understand the Spring framework. Most of the books like
Head first JSP and Servlets and Murach's JSP and Servlet are old and cover obsolete topics or cover some of the topics in too much depth.
I don't really know if I need to go that deep.

Is there a comprehensive list of topics which I must absolutely know in order to understand Spring properly ?
This is very important for me because I don't want to waste time in learning unnecessary things.

Thanks.

[Bear Bibeault]

I assume you mean Spring MVC as Spring is very large and most of it has nothing to do with web apps.

I'd say that you need a pretty solid grounding in modern JSP (JSTL and EL, no scriptlets) and servlets to make best use of any complex web framework like Spring MVC. Without understanding the fundamentals, you'd be flying blind.

[Ali Gordon]

Bear Bibeault wrote:I assume you mean Spring MVC as Spring is very large and most of it has nothing to do with web apps.

I'd say that you need a pretty solid grounding in modern JSP (JSTL and EL, no scriptlets) and servlets to make best use of any complex web framework like Spring MVC. Without understanding the fundamentals, you'd be flying blind.

Thank you Bear. Should I also learn to make custom tags ?

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Ali Gordon wrote: Should I also learn to make custom tags ?

No. That is a rare activity that you can learn later if you actually need it.

[Ali Gordon]

Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:

Ali Gordon wrote: Should I also learn to make custom tags ?

No. That is a rare activity that you can learn later if you actually need it.

Thanks. That is one step less in the path to learning Spring. That is what I wanted to know. There are so many big chapters in many books which can
be safely skipped and revisited in need be.

[Bear Bibeault]

Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:

Ali Gordon wrote: Should I also learn to make custom tags ?

No. That is a rare activity that you can learn later if you actually need it.

My advice would be to at least have a grasp of how they work as Spring MVC has a high reliance on its own custom tags. Knowing how they work can be a big help when things don't work the way that you expect.

[Ali Gordon]

Bear Bibeault wrote:

Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:

Ali Gordon wrote: Should I also learn to make custom tags ?

No. That is a rare activity that you can learn later if you actually need it.

My advice would be to at least have a grasp of how they work as Spring MVC has a high reliance on its own custom tags. Knowing how they work can be a big help when things don't work the way that you expect.

Thanks Bear. Can I learn them later, when I start making my first own Spring project or even at work ?

[Bear Bibeault]

Sure. But just be aware that it's a subject you should eventually tackle.