Many of the present web applications are created with a dynamic character by using a server side programming language. In principle, the dynamic web pages allow the separation of user interface by the content generation. There are many server side programming languages presently used to develop complex applications.
Java Server Pages (JSP) allows the integration of Java code inside static HTML pages. JSP technology is developed by Sun Microsystems and permits the creation of applications running on server side. The Java code is contained inside special tags, but while the HTML, CSS or other static codes are processed by a web browser, the tags including Java code in a JSP file will be interpreted on the server.
If you want to start learning to make JSP applications, you will need to prepare the development environment. Free tools are available for any operating system, offering support to deploy and test JSP applications or scripts. For Windows operating system, the Apache Tomcat web server seems to be a reliable alternative.
First, you will have to install and download the latest version of Java SE Development Kit which provides the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and other useful development tools. The JRE location is required by the Apache Tomcatinstaller for Windows and will be detected automatically. After you start the Apache Tomcat (installed by default as a Windows service), you should check if the installation was successful, by typing in your browser address bar: