Why would this be better than STRUTS which has taken about 10 man years of effort and the expertise of many heavyweights to build and debug ?
> -----Original Message----- > From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rickard > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 6:31 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [ann] WebWork 1.0 released > > > Short version: > WebWork 1.0 has been released. If you're into building web apps in Java > you need to check it out. End of story. Go here and download ASAP: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/webwork > > Slighly longer version: > I'm proud to announce the release of WebWork 1.0! WebWork is a HMVC web > application framework in Java, developed as Open Source (BSD license) > and designed to help create dynamic websites using minimal effort and > maximum flexibility. It's architecture is easy to learn and understand, > yet has features that allow for complex applications to be built. > > One of the main features is it's total separation between the controller > and view aspects of an application, thus allowing for a multitude of > view technologies to be utilized. Out of the box WebWork has support for > JSP (and comes with an extensive tag library that covers most needs), > XSLT, and the template engine Velocity. Adding support for more such > tools is very easy (the Velocity "integration" was done in hours), > allowing you to have maximum flexibility with regard to how you > structure your application. > > You also get to choose whether you want to use a Model-1 or Model-2 > approach to building applications, although we'd recommend using both as > is described in our comprehensive documentation that includes reference > sheets (for the tag library and expression language) and many useful > tips&tricks sections. > > WebWork comes with a comprehensive set of examples that are both used to > test the functionality of the framework, as well as showcase how it can > be used. Many examples are conversions from other frameworks (such as > Struts) so that you can see firsthand how WebWork differs from the rest > of the crowd. > > One of the most important tasks when working with frameworks like this > is the configuration step, which is where Java classes are mapped to > logical names (used for invocation) and where the connection between > controller and view (such as a JSP or Velocity template) is made. This > configuration can be done manually, but to ease this process there is an > XDoclet extension available (through the XDoclet project, see > http://xdoclet.sourceforge.net) that will allow you to specify all such > configuration directly in your Java code using custom WebWork-specific > JavaDoc tags. > XDoclet is also used to generate HTML documentation of your application, > which helps to serve as a > communication channel between the Java developer and web designer (if > those roles are separated into > several team members). > > There are a multitude of other unique and interesting features that we > are very excited about, but we'd encourage you to download and find out > about those yourself. So get it now from: > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=14797 > > Documentation can be found in the download, or online at: > http://213.203.18.31/ > > We encourage you to try WebWork together with the wonderful SiteMesh > (http://www.opensymphony.com) and XDoclet tools, a combination which can > give you an amazing productivity and clean application architeture. > > This is an OpenSource project, developed using an open development > process, and is hosted by SourceForge. If you have any questions we > recommend the user mailing list, and if you have suggestions for > improvements we're all ears on the development mailing list, both of > which can be found on the project homepage at: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/webwork > > If you are attending JavaOne this year, then you might want to stop by > our WebWork developer meeting on Wednesday March 27, 6.30pm at Fourth > street Bar & Deli (across from the Metreon). See ya there :-) > > /Rickard Öberg, WebWork project manager > > -- > Rickard Öberg > Author of "Mastering RMI" > Chief Architect, TheServerSide.com > The Middleware Company - We Build Experts! > > ================================================================== > ========= > To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff > JSP-INTEREST". > For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set > JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". > Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: > > http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html > http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html > http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp > http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp > http://www.jspinsider.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". 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