preface xvii
acknowledgments xix
about the book xxi
about the cover illustration xxx

Part I The evolution of web architecture and design 1
1 State-of-the-art web design 3
2 Building web applications 27
3 Creating custom JSP tags 61
4 The Model 2 design pattern 91
5 Using Struts 133
6 Tapestry 159
7 WebWork 199
8 InternetBeans Express 227
9 Velocity 261
10 Cocoon 283
11 Evaluating frameworks 311

Part III Best practices 327
12 Separating concerns 329
13 Handling flow 371
14 Performance 409
15 Resource management 445
16 Debugging 475
17 Unit testing 521
18 Web services and Axis 543
19 What won't fit in this book 563

bibliography 570
index 571