The Big Faceless Report Generator is a Java component for creating PDF reports from XML. The Extended Edition includes a PDF reader for importing & editing functionality. Using JSP, ASP, XSL or similar, creating dynamic PDF documents direct from a database is now as easy as HTML. Digital Signature, Tiff and Unicode support, spot & calibrated color, CSS2 stylesheets, float positioning, form fields and JavaScript. Tables, HTML style syntax, hyperlinks, Graphs & Charts, TrueType & Type1 fonts, encryption/password protection, OCR support & Barcodes. Min requirements JDK 1.2. and a SAX parser installed and running on the system. Free trial available for download.

Bokai barcode image generator Java component is a barcode java bean (barcode control) that generates barcode images in PNG or JPEG format without requiring your web server (e.g., Apache with Tomcat) to run in graphics mode (i.e., without X-Window). Your regular HTML pages can embed a bar code image URL (pointing to the barcode sevlet or barcode JSP file) in an IMG element without programming necessary. The barcode generator can also be used to draw directly to a Graphics object (screen or printer) in desktop Java applications. It supports rotation, fonts, colors, text positions, method to save a barcode image to a file. It supports 25 barcode types and variants: Code 39, Code 128, UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN 128, EAN 13, EAN 8, Code 93, Codabar, PostNet, ITF (Interleaved 2 of 5), 2 of 5, UPC-A + 2, UPC-A + 2, EAN-13 + 2, EAN-13 +5, EAN-8 + 2, EAN-8 + 5.

BRL is a language designed for server-side WWW-based applications, particularly database applications. It is based on Scheme, which makes the syntax extremely simple yet powerful. This implementation is a Java Servlet using the Kawa Scheme compiler.

The Common-Controls form a Java Presentation Framework based on Java Servlets, Java Serverpages (JSP) and Struts. The Presentation Framework contains the most common control elements like lists, trees, tabfolders, menus and forms, which are required for the development of J2EE applications with HTML frontends. The control elements distinguish themselves by the fact that they automatically save their own state across server roundtrips, so that the scrolling mechanism of a list, for example, or the explosion and folding of a tree structure do not have to be implemented independently. Rather, the state is managed by the control element itself, so that the developer can concentrate on the actual and important aspects of a Web application, such as the technical sequences or providing the data. The Framework takes over the presentation.

The Common-Controls form a Java Presentation Framework based on Java Servlets, Java Serverpages (JSP) and Struts. The Presentation Framework contains the most common control elements like lists, trees, tabfolders, menus and forms, which are required for the development of J2EE applications with HTML frontends. The control elements distinguish themselves by the fact that they automatically save their own state across server roundtrips, so that the scrolling mechanism of a list, for example, or the explosion and folding of a tree structure do not have to be implemented independently. Rather, the state is managed by the control element itself, so that the developer can concentrate on the actual and important aspects of a Web application, such as the technical sequences or providing the data. The Framework takes over the presentation.

Expresso is the most popular, powerful, enterprise-strength J2EE architectural framework. Expresso extends Struts for developing database-driven web applications and builds on many other open source projects. Expresso is designed to shorten time-to-delivery of Web-based applications by providing a library of extensible Java Server components for providing services to web-based applications so the developer can concentrate on application logic. Expresso has capabilities for security, robust object-relational mapping, background job handling and scheduling, self-tests, logging integration, automated table manipulation, database connection pooling, email connectivity, event notification, error handling, caching, internationalization, XML automation, testing, registration objects, configuration management, workflow, automatic database maintenance and JSP tag library etc.

Free Programming Java Resource Directory, Development Tools, Applets, Books, Tips and Tutorials, Websites and JSP/Servlet Resources that compiles and distributes Web Programming related Resources which are helpful for Webmasters, Developers and Programmers to enhance their Web sites and other applications.

JavaBY Template Engine (JBYTE) is a general template engine used for generating any type of text document from a template. JavaBY Template Engine is used mostly for generating HTML from JSPs or servlets but it can also be used for generating XML, RTF, WML, e-mail text, source code and configuration files. Using JavaBY Template Engine in cooperation with JavaServer Pages instead of standalone JavaServer Pages means that you can completely separate your content from your markup, as the originators of markup languages intended. The difference between JavaBY Template Engine and JSP is that content can be generated outside a webserver and that the layout is completely separated from the application code.

Brett McLaughlin continues his JSP best practices series by extending the custom time-stamp tag (lastModified) with an attribute that lets page authors choose their own time-stamp format.

Brett McLaughlin continues his JSP best practices series with a look at the various techniques for adding time stamps to your JSP pages, as well as the ways that this simple modification can enhance the usability of your Web site.