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Professional Jakarta Struts View Larger Image | James Goodwill
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The Apache Software Foundation's Jakarta Struts remains the most popular Java
framework for building enterprise-level Web applications. In the first book
to cover the extensive new features of the final release of Struts 1.1, the
authors present the technical and conceptual information you need to design,
build, and deploy sophisticated Struts 1.1 applications.
This book covers everything you need to know about Struts and its supporting
technologies, including JSPs, servlets, Web applications, the Jakarta-Tomcat
JSP/servlet container, and much more. Here are just a few of the things you'll
find in this book:
- The Jakarta Struts Model 2 architecture and its supporting components
- How to get started with Struts and build your own components
- How to work with the Commons Validator, ActionForms, and DynaActionForms
- Techniques for customizing the Controlle
- Ways to maximize your presentation pages with Tiles
- How to internationalize your Struts applications
- Tips for managing errors and debugging Struts applications
This book is for Java developers who want to build sophisticated, enterprise-level
Web applications using the final production release of Struts 1.1.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
Chapter 1: Introducing the Jakarta Struts Project and Its Supporting Components.
Chapter 2: An Overview of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages Architectures.
Chapter 3: Getting Started with Struts.
Chapter 4: Actions and ActionServlet.
Chapter 5: Advanced Action Classes.
Chapter 6: Building the Presentation Layer.
Chapter 7: Debugging Struts Applications.
Chapter 8: Working with Custom ActionMappings.
Chapter 9: Internationalizing Your Struts Applications.
Chapter 10: Managing Errors.
Chapter 11: Integrating the Jakarta Commons Database Connection Pool (DBCP).
Chapter 12: Working with the Validator.
Chapter 13: Using Tiles.
Chapter 14: Developing a Complete Struts Application.
Chapter 15: The struts-config.xml File.
Chapter 16: The HTML Tag Library.
Chapter 17: The Tiles Tag Library.
Chapter 18: The Logic Tag Library.
Chapter 19: The Template Tag Library.
Chapter 20: The Bean Tag Library.
Chapter 21: Struts Cookbook.
Index.
About the Authors
James Goodwill is the co-founder and chief technology officer
at Virtuas Solutions, LLC, located in Denver, Colorado. With over 10 years of
experience, James leads Virtuas' Senior Internet Architects in the development
of cutting-edge tools designed for J2EE e-business acceleration.
In addition to his professional experience, James is a member of the JSP 2.0
Expert Group (JSR-152.) He is the author of the best-selling Java titles Developing
Java Servlets, Pure JavaServer Pages, Apache Jakarta Tomcat, and Mastering JSP
Custom Tags and Tag Libraries. James is also a regular columnist on the Java
community Web site, OnJava.com.
More information about James, his work, and his previous publications can be
found at his company's web site, www.virtuas.com.
Rick Hightower (www.rickhightower.com) is a developer who enjoys
working with Java, J2EE, Ant, Struts, Web Services and XDoclet. Rick is also
the CTO of Trivera Technologies (www.triveratch.com), a global training, mentoring,
and consulting company focusing on enterprise development. Rick is a regular
contributor to IBM developerWorks and has written more than 10 IBM developerWorks
tutorials on subjects ranging from EJB to Web Services to XDoclet to Struts
to Custom Tags.
While working at eBlox, Rick and the eBlox team used Struts and J2EE to build
two frameworks and an ASP (application service provider) for online ecommerce
stores. They started using Struts long before the 1.0 release.
Rick recently helped put together a well-received course for Trivera on Struts
that runs on Tomcat 4.x, Resin EE 2.x, IBM WebSphere 5.0 (WSAD), JBoss 3.x,
and WebLogic 8.1. When not traveling around the country teaching the Trivera
Struts course (our bestseller), speaking at conferences about Struts, or doing
Struts consulting and mentoring, Rick enjoys drinking coffee at an all night
coffee shop and writing code, writing about Struts and other Java, J2EE and
XP topics, and writing about himself in the third person.
Customer Reviews
Customer Reviews: 2 Average Customer Rating: Apr 24, 2004  A review from Arlington, VA
Good Explanation of How, but Weak on Why.
This book gives a fantastic explanation of how Struts works, and how to do things in Struts. The book makes it obvious that Struts is extensible.
However, it never explains which of the many extension points should be used, or the relative benefits. This is because the book is very weak on why and when you would want to do things in Struts. This is a fundamental flaw, and therefore limits the use of the book by a beginner.
The major issue is general sloppiness. There is excessively careless use of English, which means that in lots of cases incorrect terms are used. Another example of carelessness is that at one point, the text mentions highlighted code, but no code is highlighted. Since a common piece of code is modified throughout the book, highlighting would be a delight. Also although the book is dated 2004, the example of getting a stock quote for SUNW returns a value in excess of $20. When was SUNW last above $20?
Nov 19, 2003 A review from Boston, USA
It's a great book for beginners and others
This book is really amazing and I have referenced 2,3 other books for struts, but this one is the best. The concept of 'struts' is beautifully explained in a very simple way. I surely recommend this book!
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