ATG applications provide an open, server-side environment for building and deploying dynamic, personalized applications based on JavaBeans and JSP pages. Web application developers assemble applications out of component servlet beans by linking them together through configuration files. For detailed information on creating JavaBean components and JSPs, refer to the ATG Platform Programming Guide.

When a browser instance requests a JSP, all necessary documents are identified and located and then compiled into Java code. The code is then converted into an HTML page and displayed. HTML can incorporate dynamic elements that allow the page to be customized for each instance using JSP, which can pass information to JavaBeans, servlets and other Java components. JSP-based applications can perform a number of capabilities, including displaying property values or forms, invoke servlet beans or components and extract data stored in XML.

For detailed information on creating JSPs, refer to the ATG Page Developer's Guide.