Have any of you guys read Jakarta Struts Live by Hightower? Its available for free here in pdf form: http://www.theserverside.com/books/sourcebeat/JakartaStrutsLive/index.tss
Has a good tutorial (holy crap i just sneezed and shook my entire desk causing the cd case to fall off my monitor) chapter that gets you up and running fast. Although I noticed a typo in his code that wouldnt let me compile until i fixed. -joe On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:16:08 -0700 (PDT), Woodchuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > imo this is true, a beginner can build a simple web app using Struts > (without any prior servlet experience) > > i am living proof, as i started with Struts directly. > > HOWEVER, because real-world apps are never basic/simple, and because > Struts is really a facade on top of the java-based web app paradigm, i > struggled through building apps.. > > knowing how to build and make a java-based web app WITHOUT using Struts > helps A TONNE (sp?) in making Struts apps... but the reverse is NOT > true > > Denis, take this as a learning step 'missed' that should have been done > before learning Struts. i wish i had. i had NO understanding of > anything, no basic understanding of the stateless web model, didn't > know what the heck POST/GET was, didn't know all this fundamental > stuff, everything worked mysteriously... > > because sooner or later, you will run into a situation that you can't > quite figure how to do it in Struts, and necessitates the need to use > 'old school' methods like request.getParameter(), or whatever. > > Struts is great, but it also hides a lot of plumbing that if you're not > aware, can make life difficult to understand/accomplish what you need > to do > > > > > --- Michael McGrady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At 12:57 PM 8/10/2004, you wrote: > > >Yes, Struts is based on Servlets, but you don't have to know > > >anything about Servlets to make a useful Struts webapp. > > > > I wonder if this is true. I cannot imagine that it could be. Maybe > > it > > is. I am beginning to think so. ///;-) > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
