Question

I have a complex invoice page with orderitems etc details . I will be working with these kind of forms all time . When page is loaded I am using javacode(for loops etc) and writing html in that way .
Another thing I can do is return a json object and use javascript to build that form . What is better practice ?

FYI I am only using Java , jsps , JQuery , json .

Answer 1

These are two absolutely different approaches.

1. When you building your page with java jsp technology it is a server technology. That means that you can control data on server which will be returned to clients. Representation of this data it’s another question.
2. JavaScript is client technology, more flexible, less boilerplate, faster, but page generation depends on client javascript engine. If it disabled, you can get some problems.

If you not tied to any tech-requirements, I recommend to choose javascript, because you have the case to get data from server.

In case send data to the server server technology is preferable.