Synopses & Reviews
A code-intensive guide to using the Jakarta Struts Framework to build Java Web applications
Developing Web applications with Java became considerably easier with the advent of JavaServer Pages (JSP) and servlets. Unfortunately, when used for large-scale applications, JSPs have been less successful-- they can become bloated with code, resulting in applications that are slow and inefficient. Jakarta Struts helps provide the solution to this problem. Struts handles a number of specific tasks involved in controlling how servlets, EJBs, and other components work together. It also makes use of JSP custom tags to help developers create interactive, form-based applications.
James Goodwill has loaded each chapter with real-world code examples that show how to build applications using Jakarta Struts. Written for experienced Java programmers who need to learn how to use Struts to build enterprise-level applications, this book begins by examining the concepts and architecture of the Struts Framework of technologies. It then explains how to use
Struts to:
* Build JavaBean and model components
* Build view components
* Build controller components
* Access relational databases
* Work with Struts HTML-based forms
* Work with action mappings and deployment descriptors
* Build JavaBean objects using the Struts Digester
* Build internationalized Web applications
The companion Web site contains electronic versions of all code examples in the book, plus fully operating versions of the applications described in the book.
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Review
"...pleasantly written...guides you by the hand with small understandable and practical examples..." (CVu, Vol 16(4), August 2004)
Synopsis
Jakarta Struts Project provides an open source framework for creating Web applications that leverage both the Java Servlets and JavaServer Pages technologies. Struts has received developer support and is quickly becoming a dominant actor in the open source community.
- James Goodwill is a well-respected authority and bestselling author of books on Java Web applications
- Provides a hands-on, code-intensive tutorial on building Java Web applications using the Jakarta Struts Framework
- Companion Web site provides electronic versions of all code examples in the book
About the Author
JAMES GOODWILL is the cofounder and Chief Technology Officer at Virtuas Solutions, LLC, located in Denver, Colorado. He has extensive experience in designing and architecting Java e-business applications. He currently leads Virtuas's efforts to develop cutting-edge tools for J2EE e-business acceleration. He is also the author of Mastering JSP Custom Tags and Tag Libraries (Wiley), Developing Java Servlets, Pure JSP: JavaServer Pages, and Apache Jakarta-Tomcat, all of which provide complete coverage of technologies for designing and developing Java Web applications.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments.
About the Author.
Introduction.
PART I: JXTA OVERVIEW.
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.
PART II: CORE STRUTS.
Chapter 4. The Controller.
Chapter 5. The Views.
Chapter 6. Internationalizing Your Struts Applications.
Chapter 7. Managing Errors.
Chapter 8. Creating Custom ActionMappings.
Chapter 9. The Struts JDBC Connection Pool.
Chapter 10. Debugging Struts Applications.
Chapter 11. Developing a Complete Struts Application.
PART III: STRUTS REFERENCE.
Chapter 12. The struts-config.xml File.
Chapter 13. The Bean Tag Library.
Chapter 14. The HTML Tag Library.
Chapter 15. The Logic Tag Library.
Chapter 16. The Template Tag Library.
Index.