May 2006, published on Java.net

An introduction to a JSP Controls Tag Library library, which allows for individual components of a web page to render themselves, maintain state, and generally behave like portlets. Except that these components do not need a true portlet container, and can update themselves in place without full page reload.
Read article: Almost Portlets

August 2005, published on Java.net

The first attempt of building stateful and independent JSP components was based on Struts framework. Page components were somewhat cumbersome to develop. Judge yourself how JSP Controls Tag Library has improved from this original design.
Read article: Building Web Components Without a Component Framework

August 2004, published on TheServerSide.com

The article explains how Redirect-After-Post pattern and application state stored in the session can improve user experience of web applications. JSP Controls Tag Library employs this pattern in standard (non-Ajax) mode.
Read article: Using Redirect-After-Post Design Pattern