Or you can try xdoclet http://xdoclet.sourceforge.net to build your struts config. But I agree with Rick, first know what's going on underneath the hood before you start using all the toys.
Rick Reumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Anders Jacobsen wrote: > What IDE´s and tools would you recommend for a Struts developer? > (Im pretty new in the Java world) I only like tools that make my job easier. A good IDE is nice for pop up code completion of methods, for refactoring and debugging. (I like Intellij IDEA but Eclipse is good also... I just like the feel of IDEA better). Anyway for dealing with Struts applications, I'd say don't worry about getting anything special - ESPECIALLY if 'new to the Java' world. I still edit the struts-config file using jEdit or IDEA. There are apps that some like to use for editing that file (Struts Console is one), but I really like to see the raw XML file and edit it by hand. For JSPs all I need is decent syntax highlighting. IDEA, and if you purchase MyEclipse (a plugin sort of Eclipse), you'll get tag completion of parameters which is nice but really not that big of a deal. There aren't any short cuts that are going to magically code your application (although I had a boss a while ago that thought if we used JDeveloper we could somehow magically say "code application" and it would code an entire J2EE app automagically:) If I were you, I wouldn't worry about the tool so much. Truthfully, I think you should just get jEdit (http://www.jedit.org) or one of your other favorite good editors (UltraEdit, TextPad, vim, emacs, whatever) and learn a bit about Ant and use Ant to do all your builds. Learn how to use the java doc APIs and don't even worry about using a big IDE. If you are new you are goig to learn a heck of a lot more and be a better programmer if you don't even mess with an IDE to start with. Once again, as far as Struts goes.. all you should use is an editor to start with (that's all I still use and have been coding with Struts for a few years now). After you've coded a few applications and don't like modifying the raw config file, feel free to try out something like Struts Console http://www.jamesholmes.com/struts/console/ -- Rick --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now.
