| Overview
Web tier frameworks have really taken off in the past year or so.
Developers who used to spend hours and hours writing low-level
features have realized the enormous benefits of using well-written
frameworks to build the presentation tier so they can get to coding
the "good stuff", the business logic at the core of the program.
The Struts Framework, originally created by Craig R. McClanahan and
donated to the Apache Software Foundation's Jakarta project in
2000, has become one of the most popular presentation frameworks
for building web applications with Java Servlet and JavaServer
Pages (JSP) technology. It encourages application architecture
based on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design paradigm,
colloquially known as the Model 2 approach. As popular as Struts is
becoming, the online documentation is inadequate, focusing on the
most basic functionality and leaving out information crucial to
developers writing today's complex web applications. O'Reilly's
Programming Jakarta Struts was written by Chuck Cavaness
after his internet company decided to adopt the framework, then
spent months really figuring out how to use it to its fullest
potential. He calls the books, "the culmination of lessons learned
(the hard way) during the building of our application." Readers
will benefit from the real-world, "this is how to do it" approach
Cavaness takes to developing complex enterprise applications using
Struts, and his focus on the 1.1 version of the Framework makes
this the most up-to-date book available. Programming Jakarta
Struts covers:
An overview of the concepts involved in writing web
applications Detailed installation and configuration instructions to get
Struts up and running quickly A thorough discussion of how Struts implements the
Model-View-Controller pattern, and how to interface with that
pattern in your own applications JSP and Jakarta Tag Libraries for authoring complex web
pages Logging, Validation, and Exception Handling with Struts Using the new Struts template framework, Tiles. Writing internationalization and localization code using
Struts Practical, real-world best practices for web applications
Craig McClanahan, originator of Struts, says of the book, "One
thing a lot of open source packages lack is a comprehensive guide
to all of the features -- something that goes far enough past
"hello, world" to get you into solving real application design
problems, and it looks like you've hit just the right level for a
lot of people."
Editorial ReviewsProduct DescriptionWeb tier frameworks have really taken off in the past year or so. Developers who used to spend hours and hours writing low-level features have realized the enormous benefits of using well-written frameworks to build the presentation tier so they can get to coding the "good stuff", the business logic at the core of the program. The Struts Framework, originally created by Craig R. McClanahan and donated to the Apache Software Foundation's Jakarta project in 2000, has become one of the most popular presentation frameworks for building web applications with Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology. It encourages application architecture based on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design paradigm, colloquially known as the Model 2 approach. As popular as Struts is becoming, the online documentation is inadequate, focusing on the most basic functionality and leaving out information crucial to developers writing today's complex web applications. O'Reilly's Programming Jakarta Struts was written by Chuck Cavaness after his internet company decided to adopt the framework, then spent months really figuring out how to use it to its fullest potential. He calls the books, "the culmination of lessons learned (the hard way) during the building of our application." Readers will benefit from the real-world, "this is how to do it" approach Cavaness takes to developing complex enterprise applications using Struts, and his focus on the 1.1 version of the Framework makes this the most up-to-date book available. Programming Jakarta Struts covers: - An overview of the concepts involved in writing web applications
- Detailed installation and configuration instructions to get Struts up and running quickly
- A thorough discussion of how Struts implements the Model-View-Controller pattern, and how to interface with that pattern in your own applications
- JSP and Jakarta Tag Libraries for authoring complex web pages
- Logging, Validation, and Exception Handling with Struts
- Using the new Struts template framework, Tiles.
- Writing internationalization and localization code using Struts
- Practical, real-world best practices for web applications
Craig McClanahan, originator of Struts, says of the book, "One thing a lot of open source packages lack is a comprehensive guide to all of the features -- something that goes far enough past "hello, world" to get you into solving real application design problems, and it looks like you've hit just the right level for a lot of people." | Amazon.com ReviewIf you've adopted Java as your organizational language, you're probably using, or planning to use, some sort of multitier design to maximize maintainability while making your data store accessible to as many applications as possible. The Jakarta engine ranks as the interface server of choice in that environment, and the Jakarta Struts Framework 1.1 makes it far easier to implement multitier information systems. Programming Jakarta Struts is the best how-to documentation around--in print or on the Internet--on the subject of using Struts to their greatest potential. Chuck Cavaness's book is comprehensive, detailed, critical of its subject where appropriate, and generally invaluable to anyone implementing the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design pattern in Java with the assistance of Struts. Thankfully, Cavaness opens with an overview of the MVC pattern with a focus on how you're meant to implement it under Struts. For anyone thinking that implementing MVC sounds like more trouble than it's worth, this clarifies why such design usually pays off in the long run. After that, it's into the particulars, which include code listings (lots of them, delightfully commented) and crystal-clear block diagrams that show the flow of messages among objects. There are also many database schema charts that show how the authors structure data in the storefront and shopping cart application that spans the whole of this volume. --David Wall Topics covered: The Jakarta Struts Framework 1.1 and how to use it to implement the Model-View-Controller (MVC) software design pattern. All the important features of Struts 1.1 get attention, including exception handling, the validation framework, internationalization, logging, and templating with the Tiles framework. |
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Reader Reviews From Amazon (Ranked by 'Helpfulness') Average Customer Rating: based on 76 reviews. Good content... but a-whole-lotta-"shoulds", 2008-03-24 Reviewer rating: The book provides a good, basic foundation for working with Jakarta Struts from 1.1 and on. From beginner to advanced developer you'll get a good overview of what Struts is, does and some little details about the inner workings that you will benefit from knowing. Clear, concise examples make it a wonderful intro and reference.
However... the downside to the book is that the author constantly talks about and goes too in-depth into the "shoulds" of development (i.e. separating business layer from presentation, MVC etc. etc. etc.). This is not a topic for the book and results in a lot of things that could have trimmed the book down (and the cost). There's just a whole lot that he didn't need to get into that made reading it a bit of a bore at times (since it's all standard stuff everyone already knows).
Great book... just be ready to skip a bunch of sections in it. | Not very good, 2008-03-21 Reviewer rating: i've just joined a new company using struts. i am a java programmer of more than 5 years but completely new to struts, this is the book i was given by my boss but i cant understand it. My main problem is that there are no good examples to follow as if the writter assumes you know struts already. In one word, disjointed. | Not a tutorial - Don't buy if you want to learn struts, 2006-08-10 Reviewer rating: This book should not be viewed as a tutorial. If you know nothing about struts and you want to learn, do not buy this book. You will only confuse yourself.
It makes a great reference once you already know how to use struts, but you cannot learn struts from this book - at least how to code an app.
Simply put, the author does not write this as a tutorial. It does have a running example but it is not a learning book. | Thorough Review, 2006-06-21 Reviewer rating: The previous book I had on Struts did a poor job of... well, everything. It is called "The Struts Framework" and the main reason I bought it was because it was a manageable 150 pages long. (Am I the only one tired of several hundred page tech books?)
This bably logs in at around 400 pages and does a far better job of explaining what Struts is all about - both fundamentally and specifically. I read the first few introductory chapters and then just checked out the areas I was intrested in. The concepts were presented clearly and the corresponding examples weren't overly complex.
Probably the biggest downside to this book is that it covers Struts 1.1, and today Struts is at 1.2.9, which means 1.3 can't be far away. (Man, writing tech books and then keeping them up-to-date has got to be one tough job!) | Convoluted and difficult to understand, 2006-05-11 Reviewer rating: Usually I consult Amazon for a book reference. This time I decided to buy this book simply because it's O'REILLY.
Well...I was wrong. While the author writes well and clear, I believe it was address to the wrong audience (for struts experts.) I found the examples to be very convoluted, and difficult to understand.
It also appears as if deadline pressures influenced the construction of this book. (but that's my assumption)
2 stars is best to reflect this book.
Guzman, Dror |
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