JSTL in real world

'm playing with JSTL but I found it quite messy... I mean look at this code:

	<c:forEach items="${mycollectionswithforuobj}" var="myObj" >

		<c:out value="${myObj}" />

    	</c:forEach>

it returns a blank page, without any error... I think the problem is that the collection in not a bean property but comes from a biz method... I'm thinking that old school well included page still rocks!