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by James Goodwill (Author), Richard Hightower (Author)
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What is this book about?

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.

What does this book cover?

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

Who is this book for?

This book is for Java developers who want to build sophisticated, enterprise-level Web applications using the final production release of Struts 1.1.



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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.

You will find thorough coverage of both the Struts Model 2 architecture and the process for building model, view, and controller components. You’ll learn to use critical features like Tiles, the Validator, DynaActionForms, plug-ins, security, and internationalization. And you’ll discover updated and expanded code examples that not only work with the final production release of Struts 1.1, but also demonstrate best programming practices and powerful development techniques.

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.

What you will learn from 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 Controller
  • Ways to maximize your presentation pages with Tiles
  • How to internationalize your Struts applications
  • Tips for managing errors and debugging Struts applications
  • All about eclipse integration, and much more

Who this book is for

This book is for Java developers who want to build sophisticated, enterprise-level Web applications using the final production release of Struts 1.1.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not for Starter but OK for refreshing your Struts memory, Aug 12 2008
By Otto Yuen (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
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I wondered why the book had so many typos in numerous examples of programs and configuration files listed on the book. It really led me to have a second thought about the quality of this book. Despite many editorial errors, the author did a good job on explaining the "how-it-works" of different parts in the Struts framework with using a step-by-step approach. The book provided a rich explanation on the logical flow of ActionServlet, Preprocessor, PlugIn, and form submisson, etc. Especially in the chapter of "Working with the Validator", it addressed the mechanics and usage of validator in a decent detail. On the other hands, the chapter about 'Tiles' was weak, no pictures no diagram no sample screenshot at all but only lists of source codes with little descriptions. It's hard for readers to follow and visualize the look & feel on various layout samples described in the book. The last five chapters were about Struts taglib APIs, HTML taglib, Tiles taglib, Logic taglib, Template taglib, and Bean taglib. Do not expect detail description or usage examples. These chapters seemed to me only a kind of re-printing of the APIs from the Struts online documentation, and took like almost 100 pages, 1/4 of the whole book.

Overall, the book is okay if you've known Struts a bit before and just want to refresh your memory. If you're a Struts starter, try others.

(Reviewed by Otto Yuen, 12-Aug-2008)
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1.0 out of 5 stars Bad Coding in Examples, Mar 28 2004
It seems to me that the two authors do not have much experience with good coding practices. The examples presented in the book contain useless idioms such as 'new String("success")'. A book with the word "professional" in the title should try to promote a better style.

Also, the way information is presented in the book does not work for me. For instance when talking the authors are building examples after examples and then tell the reader that in practice this approach is unlikely to work. What is wrong with just getting to the point and telling people how to do it right. I have to confess I fell asleep repeatedly while trying to get to the point in the book where the authors may explain how to use tiles appropriately in large projects.

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1.0 out of 5 stars This book needs help, Mar 3 2004
By "dgn_cambridge" (Cambridge, MA United States) - See all my reviews
This book is VERY poorly edited. Yes, by brute force I've learned a bit more about Struts than what I'd already learned previously from a few tutorials.

It seems these authors may know lots about the topic but do NOT communicate it well. Topics are introduced within other topics without so much as an explanation. Actions, ActionMappings, ActionErrors, etc., are introduced without sufficient explanation as to why and in what situations they should be used. There are errors throughout. In sample code on a page an explanation refers to "highlighted lines in the code". -- Nothing is highlighted!!! This is just the tip of the iceberg.

I downloaded the sample code from the Wrox web site and it is in disarray.

After looking around the Wrox site it seems they are in disarray as well. It seems they've been bought, sold, or whatever recently.

After having published such a great book with XSLT, 2nd edition by Michael Kay back in April, 2001, I'm highly disappointed with this recent (2003) Wrox publication.

A good book not only requires authors competent in the subject matter (which these *seem* to be) but need to have the ability to communicate/teach the topic well. And, editors are necessary to ensure cohesion, consistency, and accuracy. The later two have clearly not been accomplished here.

I feel burned and would be reluctant to get another book from Wrox unless and until they can somehow prove they can raise the bar significantly.

BUYER BEWARE!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book on Jakarta Struts.
Title: Professional Jakarta Struts
Edition: 1st Edition(?)
Author: James Goodwill and Richard Hightower
City: Indianapolis, IN 46256
Publisher: Wrox Publishers,... Read more
Published on Jan 2 2004 by Ravichandran M. Kaushika

3.0 out of 5 stars already a bit behind
I have two gripes with this book. First, it's really a shame that the authors didn't take the time to include information about Unix/Linux installation and configuation since the... Read more
Published on Dec 31 2003 by sooyoung park

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic to get you started...
When I first started with struts, I read several pieces on the subject, but none of it "jelled" for me...that is up until I read this book. Read more
Published on Oct 27 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Need Info. for LINUX and Unix
The book should include the materials for Linux and Unix platform.
Published on Oct 18 2003 by Youwen Lu

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