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<b>James Mitchell</b> (jmitchell at apache.org)
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+ <b>James Turner</b> (turner at blackbear.com)
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I'm excited about helping Struts evolve and am continually amazed by the
framework and the community surrounding it.
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+ <h3><a name="jturner">James Turner -- Committer</a></h3>
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+ <p>
+ I discovered Struts somewhat by accident. In 2001 I began writing a
+ book for SAMS on JSP web development (MySQL and JSP Web Development),
+ and as part of it, I decided to write a chapter on Struts in the
+ advanced section. In the process of learning enough about Struts to
+ write about it, I realized that it could simplify some of the projects
+ that I was working on for clients.</p>
+ <p>
+ After a half a year of working with Struts, I was asked by SAMS to write
+ another book, this time concentrating on Struts specifically. That book,
+ co-authored with a former co-worker named Kevin Bedell, became Struts
+ Kick Start.</p>
+ <p>
+ In the process of writing that book, I began to realize that there were
+ things I could do to contribute to Struts beyond writing about it. One
+ thing in particular was to clean up and add some functionality to the
+ Commons Validator project, which eventually led to me release-managing
+ (with a lot of help!) the Commons Validator 1.0 release.</p>
+ <p>
+ More generally, I've been a software developer for over 22 years, starting
+ with work as a Research Specialist at the MIT AI Lab. I spent nearly a
+ decade working in LISP, before moving on to C/Unix, a stint managing the
+ Web Site for the Christian Science Monitor, and finally Java based
+ e-Commerce development, which has kept me busy for the last five years.</p>
+ <p>
+ In addition to the two books mentioned above, I also write for a number of
+ publications, including WIRED and the aforementioned Christian Science
+ Monitor. You can get a look at my portfolio
+ <a href="http://www.blackbear.com/monitor.html";>here</a></p>
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