I definitely agree. I would add that, if you're unsure how much benefit
you will derive from a move to Struts, the best answer might be to
select a vertical slice of your existing application and try migrating
just that. It should be possible to get Struts running side-by-side in
your existing app, so you could migrate a small part and determine
whether it's worth continuing to migrate the rest or not from there.
L.
Shahak Nagiel wrote:
First question: Why are you looking to migrate? My general opinion on foundational
upgrades like this is, "don't fix it if it ain't broke."
I wouldn't necessarily agree that Struts (1 or 2) is "geared towards form-heavy apps". I'd say
it's a powerful and flexible manifestation of the MVC design pattern that makes reuse and maintenance much
easier than a traditional (aka "Model 1") application for moderate-to-large application, but if you
already have a stable (and relatively small) application, I don't see a compelling need to re-architect it.
OTOH, if you're on the bring of having to make a lot of changes/additions in the near future, then
"migrating" to Struts will not be much different than simply starting from scratch, so I'd suggest
reading through the tutorials and sample apps.
----- Original Message ----
From: Geffrey Caruso <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Struts Users Mailing List <user@struts.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 11:53:58 AM
Subject: Migrating to Struts 2
Ok I'm looking for some advice on migrating and existing web application to
struts 2. I've seen a lot of stuff online on migrating from struts 1 or
from Web Works but not much on migrating an app that isn't in any existing
framework.
What we currently have is a web app that uses a custom Ajax implementation,
Tiles, maybe a dozen servlets, a lot of JSPs, one applet, and a ton
JavaScript files
It's not a form heavy application and that's why I'm hesitant to move to
struts 2. From what I've read it seems to be more geared towards apps that
are heavy on the form side and need a lot of flow control. Our app isn't
like that nor do I see it being like that in the near future.
I just don't want to spend tons of time converting this app to struts 2 only
to find out it doesn't offer us that much over what we are doing right now.
Any advice anyone could offer or any websites they could point me to would
be much appreciated.
Thanks
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