Mark: If you can hold out a short while, the manuscript for 'The Struts Framework: Practical Guide for Java Programmers' will be going final in the next couple of weeks. It is being published by Morgan-Kaufmann and will be available this summer. I think it will be exactly what you are looking for and comes with a complete application download for all code used in the book. The book is based on Struts 1.1 and covers all of the 1.1 features.
Here's part of the catalog blurb on the book: This book is for a hands-on software engineering audience. It will be targeted at a software engineer who develops applications in the Java programming language and is familiar with web technologies. A general understanding of Java 2 Enterprise Edition will be necessary. The audience may include entry, mid-level, and senior software engineers. The book will be a quick start guide to a software engineer who might have heard the buzz surrounding Struts, but doesn�t really know what it means or how to use it. This book will also serve as a how-to guide to build a real application using Struts for those engineers who might be currently working on projects with the technology. I hope you find it helpful. Regards, Sue Switchback Software LLC. http://www.switchbacksoftware.com Providing software development and consulting services for enterprise business, web, and wireless applications. --> Look for the 2002 release of 'The Struts Framework: A Practical Guide for Java Programmers' being published by Morgan-Kaufmann. Add yourself to the pre-publication announcement list at the Switchback Software website. PH: 303.838.6643 FX: 303.838.6649 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Mark Udstrand Subject: Struts Beginner - Looking for *decent* documentation Date: Thu, 09 May 2002 20:33:17 -0700 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have been working at implementing Struts into an existing web framework for the past several days and I feel that the only progress that I have made is that the documentation for Struts is generally poor and very disorganized. I hope that I am incorrect and that someone can point me to a *good* reference with a few straightforward examples. Much of my frustration surrounds the documentation for the taglibs. I am interested in documentation that explains the purpose and usage of each tag, not some generic definition of the tag. What I am trying to accomplish is pretty straight forward, however I have spinning my wheels for the last several days as I attempt to work my way through 4 different Struts examples, trying to correlate the contents back to the Struts documentation. I believe that Struts is a good tool, however if my experience is indicative of a first time user, the lack of documentation only serves to lessen the usefulness of this tool. Thanks. M. _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
