What's the difference between servlet and jsp?

[T'R Dai]

What's the difference between servlet and jsp, who can tell me in simple words?

[David O'Meara]

Servlet is designed to do processing but not display, JSP designed to do display but not processing.

[T'R Dai]

David O'Meara wrote:Servlet is designed to do processing but not display, JSP designed to do display but not processing.

thank you!

[Colin Wang]

Tianrong Dai wrote:What's the difference between servlet and jsp, who can tell me in simple words?

JSP will be translated into servlet.

[T'R Dai]

colin wang wrote:

Tianrong Dai wrote:What's the difference between servlet and jsp, who can tell me in simple words?

JSP will be translated into servlet.

your means that servlet can do everything what jsp can do?

[Bear Bibeault]

colin wang wrote:JSP will be translated into servlet.

That is an implementation detail that has no bearing on when JSPs should be used and when servlets should be used.

Tianrong Dai wrote:your means that servlet can do everything what jsp can do?

Not really. JSPs can use mechanisms such as the JSTL, EL, custom tags, tag files, and other mechanisms geared towards creating views. Mimicking these in a servlet would not only be difficult, but foolish.

[T'R Dai]

Bear Bibeault wrote:

colin wang wrote:JSP will be translated into servlet.

That is an implementation detail that has no bearing on when JSPs should be used and when servlets should be used.

Tianrong Dai wrote:your means that servlet can do everything what jsp can do?

Not really. JSPs can use mechanisms such as the JSTL, EL, custom tags, tag files, and other mechanisms geared towards creating views. Mimicking these in a servlet would not only be difficult, but foolish.

oh，i see,thank you very much.