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What is JSTL?

JSTL (Jakarta Standard Tag Library, formerly JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library) is a collection of useful JSP tags which encapsulate core functionality common to many JSP-based applications. JSTL provides simple, reusable tags for common tasks such as iteration, conditional logic, XML processing, internationalization, and database access. It simplifies JSP development by allowing developers to use tags instead of scripting code.

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What other technologies are related to JSTL?

JSTL Competitor Technologies

Tag libraries

Tag libraries are a general concept. JSTL *is* a tag library, thus other tag library implementations would be alternatives.

mentioned alongside JSTL in 67% (184) of relevant job posts

Struts

Struts is a framework that provides an alternative way to handle view logic, overlapping with some of the functionality provided by JSTL, especially related to form handling and data display.

mentioned alongside JSTL in 2% (402) of relevant job posts

Sightly

Sightly (now the HTL - HTML Template Language) is a templating language that is an alternative to JSPs and JSTL.

mentioned alongside JSTL in 8% (85) of relevant job posts

Spring MVC

Spring MVC is a framework for building web applications that offers its own view technologies, often using Thymeleaf or other templating engines instead of JSPs and JSTL. It is a complete MVC framework that overlaps in functionality.

mentioned alongside JSTL in 1% (308) of relevant job posts

JSTL Complementary Technologies

JSP

JSTL is a set of JSP tag libraries, so it complements JSP technology as it is used within JSP pages to provide functionality.

mentioned alongside JSTL in 3% (1.4k) of relevant job posts

JSP

JSTL is used to extend the capabilities of JSP pages.

mentioned alongside JSTL in 3% (1.4k) of relevant job posts

Servlets

Servlets are often used in conjunction with JSPs and JSTL to handle the application's business logic and prepare data for display. JSTL helps to display the data prepared by Servlets in the JSP.

mentioned alongside JSTL in 5% (619) of relevant job posts