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I am kind of curious, which topics are giving (had given) you the worse headache?
What is (was) your nightmare? When did you think like � I really don�t understand this�?
Please list top three topics.
 
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Hello,
For me my biggest headache was custom tags so:
1) Creating your own Custom Tags (everything involved in that)
2) Using Custom tags (return values for each method etc
3) Not really sure... did I mention custom tags?
Ian
 
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Remembering the web.xml deployment descriptor elements. It gets trickier when some tags don't have a '-' unlike most others
What comes after what is easy, but complex levels of nesting and the optional elements/attributes drove me crazy. The DTD is not as intuitive as a Schema description. I hope Sun starts using a Schema soon instead of the DTD.
 
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web.xml. It took a while to see the connections of security in Servlet, security-constraint, and security roles. Then the next toughest thing is to get the order of the dtd correct. Man, that's tough. I also had some time understanding custom tags, and what each of the Constants meant, and who could return them.
Mark
 
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still taglibs. Perhaps if one looks at some existing taglibs like for example apache.jakarta.taglibs things will get clearer.
You can learn the concepts. Its not that dificult. But still I desist to use them in my own small apps, because for me its dificult to design them. There is too much scriptlet code in my own app.
[ February 22, 2002: Message edited by: Axel Janssen ]
 
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Hi !!!
My headache is :
1)Design pattern
2)Developing Secure Web Application
3)Thread-Safe Servlet
[ February 22, 2002: Message edited by: Reda Mokrane ]
 
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taglibs for me... may be i've almost none exp on this particular topic. my 2c
 
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hi
as far as i'm concerned, EVERYTHING is difficult just kidding..
but seriously i think design patterns r difficult to assimilate as i guess one requires experience with designing lot of servlets and applications in which u come across tradeoffs and benefits along with appropriateness of each design pattern...
one cant really create examples on his/her own to apply patterns. it is something which gets woven into ur mind after considerable battle with practical situations encountered thru experience...
just my 1.99 cents!
regards
maulin.
 
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Hi,
a) Thread-safe applications. Rules are easy but understanding the container management of jsp implementation classes behind that is a little tricky.
b) ServletContext and its listeners.
c) Session management. This was a bit difficult as I have no real-world experience of needing/using sessions.
Bye,

Terry
 
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For me it was session management with Cookies and URL rewriting...
 
Don't get me started about those stupid light bulbs.
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