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Servlets & JSP, Custom Tags etc

run_Forrest_run · 2016-02-25 08:40:17

Just wondering, are Servlets and JSPs along with Custom Tags and JavaBeans still used in web development these days? I haven't turned my hand to web dev in years so am wondering are these still relevant today? I've read that they are often the foundation for other frameworks on but I'm asking specifically do web developers…

25-02-2016 09:40AM

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run_Forrest_run

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Just wondering, are Servlets and JSPs along with Custom Tags and JavaBeans still used in web development these days? I haven't turned my hand to web dev in years so am wondering are these still relevant today?

I've read that they are often the foundation for other frameworks on but I'm asking specifically do web developers actually write Servlet code along with JSP as part of their daily tasks on modern web based applications?

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#2 27-02-2016 09:19PM

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Yes.

But new systems tend to have a loosely coupled architecture using REST rather than the java-heavy JSP with stuff like JSF.

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