A Servlet-Only Application Model
While servlets are a very sound technology and are excellent for server-side processing, they do have some drawbacks when used alone. Two of the most common of these drawbacks are
Servlets require an advanced level of Java understanding that HTML programmers usually do not have.
Servlets generally require recompilation in order to change the client presentation layer.
If we consider these servlet drawbacks, we can determine that one of the greatest strengths of servlets is their server-side processing capability.
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