On Sat, 16 Jun 2001, Ted Husted wrote:
> I put together something in a press release format to distribute to my
> local Java Users Group, et cetera.
>
> Comments?
>
Sounds quite nice. For what it's worth, the user mailing list subscriber
count is now > 1300.
Craig
> --
>
> (June 15, 2001) The production release of Struts 1.0, an open source
> framework for building Web applications, is now available for download
> at jakarta.apache.org. Struts encourages application architectures based
> on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern and provides services common
> to most Web applications. Struts helps developers deploy products that
> are reliable, scaleable, and easier to maintain.
>
> The Struts framework offers services in three primary areas:
>
> * A controller servlet to dispatch requests to specific Action classes
> (provided by the application developer).
>
> * JSP custom tags to help developers create interactive form-based
> applications.
>
> * Utility classes for XML parsing, automatic JavaBean population, and
> internationalization of prompts and messages.
>
> In addition to the Struts official distribution, several third-party
> libraries are already available, which offer enhanced support for JSP
> templates, HTML form validation, and automatic JavaBean creation. Struts
> has also been integrated with the Expresso Framework distributed by
> JCorporate Ltd. (jcorporate.com).
>
> Struts can be used with a J2EE Application server to deploy distributed
> applications, but will run under any compliant Servlet container
> (Servlet API 2.2+, JSP 1.1+), including Tomcat 3.2 or later. In fact,
> Struts is already used as an informal compliance test for Java Servlet
> containers and J2EE Application servers.
>
> The Struts project was founded in May 2000 by Craig McClanahan.
> McClanahan is also the lead developer of Tomcat 4.0, Sun's reference
> implementation for Java Servlet and ServerPage containers. Both Tomcat
> and Struts are open source available under the Apache Software License,
> and may be downloaded at jakarta.apache.org.
>
> Twenty-six independant developers contributed to the creation of Struts
> 1.0, with the help of over a thousand subscribers to the Struts mailing
> lists.
>
> ###
>
