Oh yes i forgot Spring Security too. Its awesome. On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 9:56 PM, Wes Wannemacher <w...@wantii.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: phillips1021 [mailto:bphill...@ku.edu] > > Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 11:29 AM > > To: user@struts.apache.org > > Subject: Is Using Spring With Struts 2 A Good Idea? > > > > > > At the University of Kansas (#1 college basketball team :) we use Struts > 2 > > for our web application framework. Its worked very well for us. > > > > I've been learning the Spring framework and how to use it with Struts 2. > I > > think the two frameworks work very well together. > > > > I'm preparing a class for the other Java developers on how to use Struts > 2 > > and Spring together. As part of my research I'd like to hear from other > > Struts 2 developers on if you use Spring with Struts 2 and if you think > its > > a good or bad practice. > > > > Thanks in advance for any feedback you can provide on why or why not it's > a > > good idea to use Struts 2 with Spring. > > > > Bruce Phillips > > http://www.brucephillips.name/blog http://www.brucephillips.name/blog > > > > > > > Bruce, I am currently working on a commercial product that combines > the two. I could sing songs of praise, but I figure you've already > gotten a few of those messages, so I will try to come up with a few > drawbacks I've noticed. > > One thing I noticed early on is that it seriously compounds the amount > of XML configuration you will have to manage. I am a fan of the > Conventions plugin, but still feel obligated to stick to traditional > (explicit) configuration for projects of serious size. I just deployed > an app recently at a customer that contains 1678 lines of XML > configuration just for struts and spring (this does not include > sitemesh, web.xml, maven poms, etc.). > > Another thing I noticed is that this (these) project(s) now require a > significant learning curve. I think most of the people on this list > wouldn't be scared to jump into a project using struts 2, spring, jpa, > maven, etc. But... In my neck of the woods (just north of Kentucky, > but not a whole lot more civilized), it is difficult to find trained > Java professionals who are fluent in the technologies named above. > What is interesting is that when you look at the code, on a per source > file basis, it is all very simple (POJO-based development with simple > services/implementations). However, conceptually fitting all the > pieces together always tends to fall on my shoulders since my team > tends to be less experienced in the different libraries. > > With that being said, I will add that it really is a pleasure to use > all of these things together. After a certain point in every project, > development time speeds up drastically. Changes are easy and a nice > library of components is created that allows for easy additions. All > of these things tend to come together once you get past the first two > points above. > > -Wes > > > -- > Wes Wannemacher > > Head Engineer, WanTii, Inc. > Need Training? Struts, Spring, Maven, Tomcat... > Ask me for a quote! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org > > -- Saeed Iqbal CEO http://www.iqbalconsulting.com Struts - J2EE - Application Architects and Developers
