Java or jsp..

hi, i'm a newbie here and i hope this is not a stupid question of mine; i'd like to ask for your opinion and here it goes..
i've been reading some books, tutorials, forums etc and
i could not make up my mind whether to focus on JAVA first or to jump directly into JSP. Since i have a little background on C++ (although i'm ot too good at it), i think that if i just go on focusing on JSP, then on the same time i'll be able to understand Java as well.
but in the mean time, a friend of mine advice me to stick into Java first, and when i'm very good at it then i should jump into JSP.
right now i'm still studying and i was hoping before i graduate (1 more year), i'll have one programming skills for me to 'survive' later on.
Emm..your opinion please..? thanks..

A JSP (Java Server Page) is an HTML page with Java
code inside it.Though with as little code as possible actually embedded in the HTML.
One of the most important things with JSP is seperation. That is seperating your code form your html (and hopefully your html from you style/css).
Learn Java first, as this way you will get used to writing Java classes. You can then use these classes from within your JSPs.
I think if you went straight for JSPs you'd pick up a lot of bad habbits, and even when you start writing JSPs you're likely to find it a lot easier and quicker to prdouce bad pages (mix of html and java) than good pages (nice seperation).
When you get on to learning JSPs make sure you try and learn good practices from the start.
When you learn Java, make sure you learn about Object Oriented Programming.
Being a bad programmer means learning the syntax.
Being a good programmer means learning the theory and practices.

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