Facelets Tools for Dreamweaver - Comparing Facelets and JavaServer Pages (JSP)

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	1.	Introduction
	2.	Getting Started
	3.	Facelets Concepts
	4.	Document Types
	5.	Design View Support
	6.	Code View Support
	7.	Keyboard Shortcuts
	8.	Tag Object Toolbars
	9.	Property Inspectors
	10.	Facelets Tag Reference

3. Comparing Facelets and JavaServer Pages (JSP)

Contents > 3. Facelets Concepts > Comparing Facelets and JavaServer Pages (JSP)

We recommend Facelets over JSP for JavaServer Faces. With a near-zero compile-time overhead, developing JSF applications with Facelets is simply faster.

JSP Compile-Time Overhead

Every time you edit, save and reload a JSP page, the server's JSP compiler generates Java servlet code and compiles it into a servlet. This is called the JSP translation process, and typically it costs between 1-2 seconds, depending on server performance.

Facelets XML Compilation

Unlike JavaServer Pages, Facelets pages are not compiled into servlets. Since Facelets pages are XML-compliant, the Facelets framework uses a fast SAX-based compiler to build your views. Also, Facelets can be configured to detect and render changes to your pages immediately, speeding up your JSF development cycle.