Servlet or Jsp?

I have to do an application which creates and manipulates data from an xml file, which way should i follow jsp or servlet?

also is there any local server (tomcat-apache) so i can work locally?


thanks guys in advance

jsp is technically a servlet, and is compiled at runtime by the server into a servlet. Its advantage is that for text output you aren't required to println everything. Both can be used to accomplish a task, but servlets can give you more flexibility in the sense of classic java features (inheritance, format, etc..). To run locally, just install JBoss, Tomcat, etc...

Indeed you can use JBoss, Tomcat, or Glassfish and I'm sure there are others. I have used both Tomcat and Glassfish both of which are ok, Tomcat I would say provides a faster environment. Glasshfish seems a bit slughish.

thanks for the information