Author: husted
Date: Mon Dec 19 12:54:22 2005
New Revision: 357792
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewcvs?rev=357792&view=rev
Log:
* index - remove ApacheCon notice
* announce - post ApacheCon announcements
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<section name="Announcements">
+ <h4 id="a20051214.4">14 Dec 2005 - Apache Struts to release Struts 1.3.0
+ as the "Action Framework"</h4>
+ <p>
+ The Apache Struts flagship product,
+ the leading web application framework for Java,
+ is now known as the "Struts Action Framework".
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ To make the framework easier to maintain,
+ Apache Struts subdivided the original monolithic distribution into
several
+ subprojects.
+ Each subproject has its own website, documentation, and release cycle,
+ and may be downloaded separately.
+ For consistency, the original core framework component also has its own
name
+ now: "Struts Action Framework".
+ The JARs and external dependencies for the extensions to Struts Action
Framework
+ are being bundled into a convenient distribution known as the "Struts
Action
+ Framework Library".
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ The Struts Action Framework 1.3.0 release will include several exciting
new
+ features, including:
+ </p>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Composable Request Processor</li>
+ <li>ActionDynaForm interfaces</li>
+ <li>Arbitrary configuration properties</li>
+ <li>Catalog and Command Elements</li>
+ <li>Enhanced Global Exception Handlers</li>
+ <li>Extends attribute for XML configurations</li>
+ <li>"isCommitted" Exception Handling</li>
+ <li>Postback Actions</li>
+ <li>Wildcard ActionConfig properties</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>
+ The key change in this release is the "composable request processor".
+ The request processor is the framework's "kernal".
+ The request processor methods are now command objects in a flexible
chain of
+ commands.
+ Rather than subclassing a monolithic object,
+ developers can now just replace commands with their own
implementations.
+ Commands can also be inserted or removed, if needed,
+ to extend or streamline the request processing gauntlet,
+ to better meet the needs of different kinds of applications.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ The Struts Action Framework 1.3.0 release,
+ and other milestones on the Apache Struts roadmap,
+ were discussed at ApacheCon on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, in a talk,
+ entitled "Struts 2006: An Embarrassment of Riches".
+ <a href="http://people.apache.org/~husted/apachecon-2005-action.pdf";>
+ Slides from the talk are available online</a>.
+ </p>
+ <hr/>
+
+ <h4 id="a20051214.3">14 Dec 2005 - Apache Struts and Open Symphony WebWork
+ communities to merge</h4>
+ <p>
+ Apache Struts,
+ the leading web application framework for Java, and Open Symphony
WebWork,
+ a leader in technical innovation, are working to merge their
communities
+ and codebases.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ "A merger is an elegant approach to evolution of existing applications
+ based on action-oriented frameworks,"
+ said Craig McClanahan, founder of the Struts project.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ The merger seems like a win-win for the frameworks.
+ "The technical benefit is that WebWork has already done most everything
+ that is on the Struts Action roadmap," noted Ted Husted, a Struts
committer.
+ "This is a way that [Struts] shops can use incremental integration to
take
+ advantage of new technologies that are already part of WebWork, such as
Spring."
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ "My hope is to take advantage of a larger community (Struts) to allow
+ all of us to do a bit less individual effort."
+ said Patrick Lightbody of WebWork.
+ "I would expect moving to Struts lets us focus on our families and day
+ jobs a bit more."
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Apache projects help developers balance day jobs with volunteer work
+ through the practice of collaborative developement.
+ Decisions are made jointly by the core community,
+ rather than by one or two key individuals.
+ The projects are organized so that individual developers can focus on
+ other matters for a time,
+ and then return to the development community as schedules allow.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Over the past few months,
+ Apache Struts has more than doubled its number of active committers.
+ With the addition of two WebWork developers,
+ there are about fifteen active volunteers.
+ Right now, about half of the committers are working on the original
Struts
+ Action Framework and half are working on the new Struts Shale
Framework,
+ which utilizes JavaServer Faces.
+ Several volunteers are now working with both frameworks.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ The merger and other milestones on the Apache Struts roadmap were
discussed
+ in a talk at ApacheCon on Tuesday, December 13, 2005, entitled "Struts
2006:
+ An Embarrassment of Riches"
+ [http://people.apache.org/~husted/apachecon-2005-action.pdf].
+ The talk will be presented by Lightbody, Husted, and Don Brown, another
+ Struts Committer.
+ The Struts Shale framework is being discussed at a second talk,
+ presented by McClanahan, entitled "Shale: The Next Struts??"
+ <a href="http://people.apache.org/~craigmcc/apachecon-2005-shale.pdf";>
+ Slides from the talk are available online</a>.
+ </p>
+ <hr/>
+
+ <h4 id="a20051214.2">14 Dec 2005 - Apache Struts offers "Shale" for
JSF</h4>
+ <p>
+ To give JavaServer Faces developers a head start on building scalable
+ web applications for the enterprise,
+ Apache Struts now offers the Shale Framework.
+ Like the original "Struts Action Framework",
+ Shale provides developers with a front controller,
+ and several other components,
+ to provide the "invisible underpinnings that hold an application
together".
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ "When JavaServer Faces arrived,"
+ explains the Struts website,
+ "our development community chose to 'make new friends but keep the
old'.
+ Some of us want (or need) to stick with the original request-based
+ framework.
+ Others are ready to switch to an component-based framework that builds
on
+ JavaServer Faces.
+ We offer both frameworks because we have volunteers to create and
maintain
+ both frameworks."
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Shale is based on the recently standardized JavaServer Faces APIs,
+ and focuses on adding value,
+ rather than redundantly implementing features that JSF already
provides.
+ Shale will run on any compliant JSF implementation,
+ including the one being developed by the Apache MyFaces project.
+ It also includes many features that Struts users appreciate,
+ such as supporting client side validation and the Tiles framework.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Struts Shale was discussed by Craig McClanahan in a talk at ApacheCon
on
+ Tuesday, December 13, 2005, entitled "Shale: The Next Struts??".
+ <a
href="http://people.apache.org/~craigmcc/apachecon-2005-shale.pdf";>Slides
+ from the talk are available online</a>.
+ </p>
+ <hr/>
+
+ <h4 id="a20051214.1">14 Dec 2005 - Apache Struts to release "standalone"
Tiles</h4>
+ <p>
+ Apache Struts introduced Tiles as a integral component of its Struts
1.1
+ release in June 2003.
+ Since then, several other projects have been using Tiles,
+ even though it was embedded in the Struts JAR.
+ Soon, it will be much easier to use Tiles with products like Jakarta
Velocity,
+ Apache MyFaces, and Struts Shale.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ Tiles is a templating framework that can be used to create a common
look and
+ feel for a web site or application and to create reusable view
components.
+ A key aspect of Tiles is that it can be configured from a XML
configuration file.
+ A Tile definition can "extend" another definition,
+ giving the component an object-oriented feel.
+ Tile developers can create a base Tile (or screen layout),
+ and then indicate only how other Tiles differ from the base.
+ Changes made to a base Tile "cascade" to Tiles that extend that base.
+ Significant changes can be made to the layout of a website
+ just by changing a single Tile definition.
+ </p>
+ <hr/>
+
<h4 id="a20051125">25 Nov 2005 - Struts 1.2.8 (General Availability)</h4>
<p>
The Struts team is pleased to announce the release of Struts 1.2.8 for
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<body>
-<section name="Struts @ ApacheCon">
-
- <p>
- <a href="http://apachecon.com/2005/US";><img align="right"
src="http://apache.org/images/ac2005us_white_184x80.jpg"/></a>
- Join us in San Diego CA at ApacheCon US 2005, December 11-14, for two
presentations featuring Struts,
- along with several other sessions involving Struts, as well as two
special tutorial sessions on Saturday December 10.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- <b>TU20: Struts 2006: An Embarrassment of Riches</b>
- </p>
-
- <p>
- [Tuesday at 4:30p with Don Brown and Ted Husted]
- Apache Struts is a hotbed of activity. Struts Classic 1.3, Struts Shale,
Struts Ti, Struts OverDrive.
- Why so many frameworks? How are they different? Why are they all called
Struts?
- Which is the best choice for my next project?
- In this session, we step back and look at Struts through a wide-angle
lens.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- <b>TU26: Shale: The Next Struts??</b>
- </p>
-
- <p>
- [Tuesday at 5:30p with Craig McClanahan]
- Come and get an early look at the next generation of web application
frameworks.
- One that is based on the recenty standardized JavaServer Faces APIs,
- and focuses on adding value, rather than redundantly implementing
features that JSF already
- provides. Shale will run on any compliant JSF implementation, including
the one being developed by
- the Apache MyFaces project. It also includes many features that Struts
users appreciate, such as
- supporting client side validation and the Tiles framework.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- <b>T06: Building Adaptable Meta-Components for Struts, Tapestry, MyFaces,
etc.</b>
- </p>
-
- <p>
- [Saturday at 10a with Johnathan Lehr]
- Learn how to design, build, and use powerful, coarse-grained components
using the Struts framework in
- this intensive, hands-on tutorial. We'll integrate an available ListView
component into an example
- application and then learn how to build a TreeView component from
scratch. The ListView component will
- provide fully implemented pagination, sorting, filtering, selection
management, styling, and drill-down
- for arbitrary columns defined in an XML config file. The TreeView will
allow recursive nesting, and will
- support a config setting allowing it to switch between an AJAX update
mode.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- <b>T12: Struts on Steroids: Leveraging Bolt-On Components</b>
- </p>
-
- <p>
- [Saturday at 1p with Johnathan Lehr]
- Learn how to design, build, and use powerful, coarse-grained components
using the Struts framework in
- this intensive, hands-on tutorial. We'll integrate an available ListView
component into an example
- application and then learn how to build a TreeView component from
scratch. The ListView component will
- provide fully implemented pagination, sorting, filtering, selection
management, styling, and drill-down
- for arbitrary columns defined in an XML config file. The TreeView will
allow recursive nesting, and will
- support a config setting allowing it to switch between an AJAX update
mode, and an update mode relying on
- the standard form.
- </p>
-
- <p>
- Other presentations involving Struts include:
- </p>
-
- <ul>
- <li>T01: <b>How to Unit Test the User Interface of Web Applications</b>
</li>
- <li>MO07: <b>[EMAIL PROTECTED]: Standards and the Portals Projects</b>
</li>
- <li>MO22: <b>Roller: An Open Source Blogging Platform</b> </li>
- </ul>
-
- <p>
- A complete listing of scheduled sessions is available at the
- <a href="http://apachecon.com/2005/US/html/sessions.html";>ApacheCon US
2005 site</a>.
- </p>
-
-</section>
-
<a name="Welcome"/>
<section name="Welcome to Apache Struts!">
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