How to setup the perfect develop envorinment with Corda Builder

Question

All,
It has been a while since I programmed with JSP/Java. Three years ago I developted some custom web pages within JSP and Eclipse. The webpages queried on a SQL DB. The results were populated via a Corda Builder Chart(PCXML script) in a JSP webpage.
Now, I have to develop a kind of the same page but the JSP variables (date) do not show up in the porlet.
<%@ page contentType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" %>
<%@page contentType="text/html" *import="java.util.*" %>*
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='ISO-8859-1' ?>
*<%java.util.Date d = new java.util.Date();%>*
<Chart Version='4.40.00' BorderType='None' BorderColor='#99ccff' FitInBounds='False' CollisionProtection='False' BGGradientColor='#4d718e'>
     <Textbox Name='Title' Top='6' Left='4' Width='114' Height='23' CVersion='7'>
          <Properties ShadowStyle='Fade' HJustification='Left' Font='Name:Lucida Sans; Size:14.0; Style:Bold; Color:#003333;'/>
          <Text><% d.getDate() %></Text>
     </Textbox>
     <Graph Name='graph' Top='49' Left='20' Width='427' Height='263' CVersion='7' Type='Line Bar' SubType='Basic'>
          <Legend Name='legend' Top='50' Left='451' Width='80' Height='110' ZIndex='2'>
          </Legend>
     </Graph>
     <GraphData Name='graph' Method='Replace'>
          <Categories>
               <Category Name='Week1'/>
               <Category Name='Week2'/>
          </Categories>
          <Series Name='Balans'>
               <Data Value='54'/>
               <Data Value='75'/>
          </Series>
          <Series Name='Inkomsten'>
               <Data Value='92'/>
               <Data Value='60'/>
          </Series>
          <Series Name='Uitgaven'>
               <Data Value='68'/>
               <Data Value='87'/>
          </Series>
     </GraphData>
     <Project HTMLHeight='330' HTMLWidth='540'>
     </Project>
</Chart>Problem:
The comes up perfectly but the date and database connection(didn't add that to this script because does not make sense). Does anyone have an idea based on this code what i do wrong? I use TomCat, developed the code in Eclipse. Additionally, what would be the best configuration (headlines) of developing the JSP pages?.
It's for you guys an easy case but it would really help me.
Jeroen

Answer 1

Well your main problem is that you are using scriptlets, those have been out of date for at least 10 years now. Anyway:
<% d.getDate() %>should be
<%= d.getDate() %>The next time you don't know why something isn't happening, you are best of looking up the servlet java code that is generated for the JSP page. Where this file is put depends on the server, Tomcat and JBoss for example put it inside a 'work' subdirectory. The reason why I advise this is because the servlet source file is what is executed by the server, and is thus a better source for problem finding than the JSP source.