2009/12/31 phillips1021 <bphill...@ku.edu>: > Based on comments in the current Ready, Set, Go tutorial about the Struts > 2 blank archetype and also that the archetype is not consistently available > in the central repository, I think a beginner tutorial that shows a user how > to setup a Struts 2 web application that uses Maven to manage the artifact > dependencies would be very beneficial to people new to Struts 2. > > Also having a Struts 2 Maven beginner's tutorial lets us build on that > project for the other tutorials (e.g. Hello World, Using Tags, etc). I'd > like to see us have downloads (a Maven version and an Ant version) for those > other tutorials. So someone learning Struts 2 can read through our > tutorials and download a complete example for each tutorial. > > I think Struts 2 is a great web application framework and having easy to > follow tutorials with complete examples readers can download helps us > introduce Struts 2 to new users. For someone new to Struts 2, the Struts 2 > Maven archetypes don't do that. You have to already know Struts 2 to > understand how to adapt the Struts 2 Maven archetypes to your specific > project. The Struts 2 Maven archetypes are good for experienced Struts 2 > developers who want to get a quick setup for a specific project (e.g Struts > 2 portlet application). Beginners need more hand-holding (e.g. here are the > dependencies you need in pom.xml, struts.xml must be on the class path so > put it in src/main/resources).
You are right, I was convinced, I forgot that not everybody is using Maven ;-) I offer help as a tester. Regards -- Lukasz http://www.lenart.org.pl/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@struts.apache.org
