Off-hand here are some things that I'd like to fix/add:
1) Fix all the tag definitions to use the URI to the tld in the jars. (Do away with the older style of declaring in web.xml and adding the tlds).
2) Make sure JSTL is used in almost all places except for html form tags. This involves using c:url instead of html:link, fmt:message instead of bean:message, etc.
3) I'd like to rewrite everything using JSP2.0 under Tomcat5. The site doesn't take advantage of all the neat stuff JSP2.0 had to offer, but at least we can get the web.xml updated and replace all the c:out stuff with direct el in the JSPs.
4) Use Struts 1.2. I haven't really even looked much at 1.2 but I want to make it compliant with 1.2. Remove all the ActionErrors stuff and just use ActionMesssages, etc.
5) I'd like a new lesson to be written that shows using the validation framework by calling the validate method from your action. I really am not that big of a fan of using the framework as defined in the struts config. The main reason is I don't like the problems it causes when you need to re-set up Lists that you need for drop down selects after validation fails. If you call validate from your action and handle it yourself you can easilly repopulate what you need without having to use the Session to store these lists. Of course this involves a few more lines of code, but I think it's worth it.
6) I get a lot of requests for help with nested beans. I've been meaning for a long time to demonstrate how easy it is to work with nested beans. (Maybe this could be incorporated into the new lesson as mentioned above in number 5?)
7) If someone wants to write a new/better iBATIS lesson that would be great. One using the new iBATIS stuff that is out.
8) Clarify any of the wording on the lessons. I wrote this stuff very quickly and know I could have done a much better job.
I'm open to any other lessons people want to provide. Of course any of the stuff you help with or do, I'll give you full credit on the site.
Thanks,
-- Rick
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