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title: "What is a JSP and what is it used for?"  
description: "What is a JSP and what is it used for?"  
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published: 2010-12-31  
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# What is a JSP and what is it used for?

Java Server Pages (JSP) is a platform independent presentation layer technology that comes with SUN’s J2EE platform. JSPs are normal HTML pages with Java code pieces embedded in them. JSP pages are saved to *.jsp files. A JSP compiler is used in the background to generate a Servlet from the JSP page.

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Java Server Pages (JSP) is a platform independent presentation layer technology that comes with SUN’s J2EE platform. JSPs are normal HTML pages with Java code pieces embedded in them. JSP pages are saved to *.jsp files. A JSP compiler is used in the background to generate a Servlet from the JSP page.


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