Alternatively, I've also seen people understand what Struts is when you
call it a "framework". You build your application "on top of" the
framework, and in some advanced cases you might need to customize some of
the framework's internals. But essentially none of Struts actually "shows
through" directly to an end user of the application that is created on top
of Struts.
Craig
On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Ted Husted wrote:
> In simplest terms, Struts is a toolkit.
>
> Or, as you say, a collection of Java classes.
>
> Struts provides essential development mechanisms required by modern
> Web applications. Without Struts, a developer needs to construct a
> good number of support classes to create an application. (Java !=
> FileMaker). With Struts, these support classes are already written,
> tested, documented, and subjected to the peer review of thousands of
> other developers.
>
> To create an *application* with Struts, you need to write at least one
> Action class, and provide a configuration file with at least one
> ActionMapping.
>
> -Ted.
>
>
> Rodney Smith wrote:
> >
> > Hallo,
> >
> > I have a question that I should really know, but I honestly could not answer
> > without getting confirmation of other Struts users.
> > I have been asked many times about what is struts and I have responded it is
> > a open source framework useful for building web applications in Java
> > Servlets and Java Server Pages.
> > But then they say what is Struts a application or what? I was lost for words
> > I thought it was claster of class, but unsure and I didn't think it was a
> > software. Could some one please enlighten me, so a can spread the correct
> > information on Struts and how good it is.
> >
> > Kind Regards
> > Rodney Smith
> >
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