Replace JSPs with a more up-to-date view technology in SCXA

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JSP is a technology that has been around for a long time and is based on the Java Servlet API. It allows developers to create dynamic web pages by embedding Java code directly into the HTML markup.

Some of the advantages of JSP include:

• Easy integration with Java-based web frameworks such as Spring and Struts.
• Familiarity with Java developers who are already familiar with Java and JEE technologies.
• Rich set of JSTL (JavaServer Pages Standard Tag Library) tags for formatting and manipulating data.

However, JSP has some drawbacks as well, such as:

• Tight coupling of the presentation layer and business logic, making it harder to separate concerns and follow modern design patterns.
• Complexity and verbosity, with lots of boilerplate code required for even simple tasks.
• Limited support for modern front-end technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3.

I would suggest to use Thymeleaf. It is very popular framework used together with Spring.
It is a more modern templating engine that is based on XML, HTML, and plain text. It allows developers to create dynamic web pages by using HTML templates with additional attributes that define how the data should be displayed.

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