SiteMesh

SiteMesh is an innovative site layout and HTML decoration engine without the mess of competing products. It makes it easy to decorate Web applications in a uniform, clean, decoupled fashion by applying the Gang of Four Decorator pattern to the output of your web applications.

With standard HTML/CSS and almost no Java code, SiteMesh separates the concerns and responsibilities of designers and developers. This session demonstrates how SiteMesh can be used to simplify your Java Web application for decoration and layout. In addition, we will explore more advanced techniques for using SiteMesh in complex, real world applications.


About Matthew Porter

Matthew Porter

Matthew Porter, Chief Executive Officer at Contegix, co-founded the award winning managed hosting, cloud computing and colocation service provider. Contegix is widely recognized throughout the industry for delivering reliable hosting with expert support to drive customer value. During his tenure, the company’s revenue has doubled consistently, year over year. In addition to its financial growth, the organization that began as a two-person team, now employees over 50 people in Saint Louis, MO. Porter continues to drive innovation, promote rapid organizational growth and foster the core values of Contegix by empowering employees, partners and customers respectively.

Porter was educated at Saint Louis University, where he earned his B.S. in Applied Computer Science. Porter, his wife and three children, reside in Saint Charles, MO.

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