Getting version string from a Maven based web application

When you package a maven project, it will automatically generate a pom.properties file inside that will contains the version, artifactId…

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EE JSP: Generating Dynamic Content with JSTL Tag Libraries

Besides writing your own Custom Tags in JSP, you will find that Java EE actually provides a set of Java…

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EE JSP: Generating Dynamic Content with Custom Tag Libraries

When developing View layer in a web application, you want to try not to duplicate content in JSP files as…

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EE JSP: The Reversed Jacket of Servlet

Generating HTML from Servlet is only practical if you have small amount of pages, or needed fine control of the…

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EE Servlet 3: Developing User Login with Session and Filter

I have introduced the Application class in my previous post where you can setup backend services. One example service I…

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EE Servlet 3: How to Setup Backend Services in a Web Application

In a web application, providing user interfacing (UI) is often only half of the job. Many applications have requirements that’s…

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EE Servlet 3: Simple Form Processing

Form handling in web application is like bread and butter for most Web developers. It will not be much use…

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EE Servlet 3: Generating HTML output in Servlet

If you just need to handle a handful of requests URI in your EE web module, then it might be…

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Writing your own logging service?

Application logging is one those things like favorite Editors war: everyone has their own opinions and there are endless of…

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