Following steps are followed when any JSP page is called through browser.

• Step 1: The user goes to a web site made using JSP. The user goes to a JSP page(ending with .jsp). The web browser makes the request via the internet.
• Step 2: The JSP request gets sent to the Server.
• Step 3: The server recognizes that file has .jsp extension or not, if yes than passes the JSP file to the JSP Servlet Engine.
• Step 4: If the JSP file has been called first time, the JSP file is parsed otherwise step 5 and step 6 is skipped.
• Step 5: After it JSP generates Servlet. The entire Html required is converted to println statements.
• Step 6: The Servlet source code compiled into the class.
• Step 7: The Servlet is instantiated, calling the init and service methods.
• Step 8: Html from the Servlet output is sent via the Internet.
• Step 9: Html results are displayed on the user’s web browser.

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