thank you Ted Husted wrote: > > [Apache Struts Group] Since its release in June 2001, Apache Struts > (struts.apache.org) has become the most popular web framework for > Java. Six years later, by any objective measure, Struts is still > Java's most popular web framework. > > In February and March 2007, the group released both Struts 1.3.8 and > Struts 2.0.6 to the general public, and Struts downloads zoomed to > over 340,000 a month from the Apache site alone [1]. And this is just > the tip of the iceberg. Most copies of Struts are downloaded from an > network of mirrors or obtained from Maven repositories. Meanwhile, > monthly page Views for the Struts website soared to over 2.1 million, > up from levels of about 1.3 million page views in June 2004. > Subscriptions to the Struts mailing lists hold steady at about 3,000 > accounts, not counting people who use services like Nabble and GMane. > > Since the framework's debut, well over twenty books about Apache > Struts have been published [2], along with hundreds of online > articles, and dozens of third-party extensions [3]. Books and articles > devoted to Struts 2 are already appearing. InfoQ has released > "Starting with Struts2" both as a free PDF and as a hardcopy book via > LuLu.com [4]. Mark Menard has started a Struts 2 cookbook [5], and > sites like Rose India and ArcTech are offering extensive Struts 2 > tutorials [6]. Many teams are already moving Struts 1 applications to > Struts 2, including the popular Apache Roller blogging application > [7]. > > An exciting feature of Struts 2 is configuration-free plugins. > Third-party components can be added to the framework just by putting a > JAR on the Java classpath. In fact, many of the framework's advanced > features are provided by plugins that ship with Struts 2. A plugin > repository site is open to the public [8], and several plugins are > already available, including plugins for JSON, WebFlow, Google Web > Toolkit, and Guice. > > While there is no lack of choice in the Java framework space, the > clear winner with grassroots developers is still Apache Struts. With > first-class support for Ajax, JSF, unit testing, and dependency > injection, Struts 2 is an excellent choice for teams that want to step > forward, without stepping away. > > Links: > > [1] - > http://people.apache.org/~vgritsenko/stats/projects/struts#Downloads-N1008F > [2] - > http://opensource.atlassian.com/confluence/oss/display/BOOKS/Books+about+Struts > [3] - http://husted.com/central/ > [4] - http://www.lulu.com/content/813300 > [5] - http://www.vitarara.org/cms/struts2cookbook > [6] - http://www.roseindia.net/struts/struts2/index.shtml and > https://www.arctechsoftware.com/tutorial/tutorial.do?subcatId=4 > [7] - > http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ROLLER/What%27s+New+in+Roller+4.0 > [8] - http://cwiki.apache.org/S2PLUGINS/home.html > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
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