Well you need not bother to read all specs , you may take a look at only
topics such as jsp:include,jsp:attribute,EL syntaxes,PagContext,
HttpServletRequest,HttpServletResponse api etc.
If you are too much frustrated to read specs then don't read ,the
alternative is
http://java.boot.by/wcd-guide/ (Mikalai Zaikin).
For your kind information ,people already got here above 95% without even
touching specs.They just preferred HFSJ,Marcus Green and Milkalai Zaikin tutorials,and some commercial mock exams.
by the way , if you have HFSJ 1.5 then you need not worry about anything.
best of luck
best regards,
omi
[ July 23, 2008: Message edited by: omi sharma ]