Ok, so what - in slightly more detail - is a Java Servlet? A Java Servlet is a Java class that subclasses from class HttpServlet and usually overrides the doGet (or doPost) method. These methods will ...

JSP stands for Java Servlet Pages, a shorthand way of writing simple Servlets, more akin to other web scripting languages like PHP and ASP. A JSP file basically contains HTML, but with embedded JSP ...

Oracle became stewards of the Java platform as a by-product of their acquisition of Sun Microsystems. But looking back, it seems that the Java Platform has been more of a burden than a blessing.