RE: Beginning web development

>>> Ok, Joe, explain to me how JSP is better for interactive web
>>> pages than CGI.  No, you haven't in the past.  You've used a
>>> lot of technical terms and jargon, but all in all your
>>> outputting HTML with either tool.  How can one work better
>>> than the other.  One may  be easier for you or I because we
>>> are more familiar with it, but better, no.

>>> A great way to explain this would be some code snippets.
>>> Myself, and others, would love to see what you mean.  Even
>>> if it's just some psuedocode.

I think Joe's comments are on target.  It is my opinon that Information
Technology *must* add value to the organization it supports and it must do
it as efficently as possible.  To say they "but all in all your outputting
HTML with either tool" is like saying vi and notepad is ok to use for word
processing because "all in all" you're just manipulating text...

One of the great challenges of IS is knowing when to adapt to a new
technology.  I believe that the time has come to move in the Java direction
over other web technologies.  We did the same thing a long time ago when we
decided not to continue writing COBOL in favor of RPG.

Darwin would be proud...

dan