Developing JSP pages

To create JSP pages for WebSphere Commerce, you should have Rational Application Developer skills and JSP skills. Also be familiar with JSTL.

For background information that describes how JSP pages are implemented in WebSphere Commerce review the following topics:

• Display design pattern

• WebSphere Commerce data beans

Samples and tutorials

For many sites, development begins with modifying one of the starter stores provided with WebSphere Commerce. The starter stores include a complete set of JSP pages necessary for a fully functional store. The JSP pages might be modified as necessary for use in the store.

In addition to the starter stores, WebSphere Commerce tutorials provide JSP code snippets and samples. JSP code snippets illustrate a specific WebSphere Commerce feature. The snippet is a Javaless JSP fragment we use to easily add functionality to a store.

• Creating and registering new storefront JavaServer Pages files
  To create and register a new JavaServer Pages (JSP) files to display in the storefront, we must decide where to put the file in the store directory structure, create it, and register it in the Struts configuration file.

• Modifying existing JavaServer Pages (JSP) files to interact with new JSP files
  When you add a new JSP file to a storefront, modify other existing storefront pages to interact with the new file. The interaction is accomplished by creating links from existing JSP files to the new JSP file.

• Customizing storefront JSP pages using the getData tag
  JSP files can retrieve and display information from WebSphere Commerce services using the getData tag.

• JSP page error handling
  Error handling for JSP pages can be performed in various ways.