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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
I have run Struts within NetBeans without any trouble. NetBeans doesn't come with Struts support but since Struts is nothing more than a servlet application, running it in NetBeans was very easy using the built-in Tomcat server.
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Originally posted by Lasse Koskela:
As far as I could interpret from the Struts Console homepage, it doesn't provide wizard-like tools for creating ActionForms etc., does it?
I'm talking about "right-click" -> "New..." -> "Struts ActionForm" or something similar.
Originally posted by Chris Mathews:
Personally, I don't think the configuration file is all that complex and therefore I don't see the need for a tool.
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Originally posted by Lasse Koskela:
And most developers would probably agree until they encounter an XML configuration file with 1000s of lines... If you think of XML syntax, there's a lot of information that is either irrelevant for the developer or that could be represented in a GUI with much less screen space. That's why I think the Struts Console is a good thing indeed. Also, validation-on-the-spot is generally a great feature (as long as it doens't take up too much of your CPU cycles) which eliminates typos etc. from coming up during server startup.
[ May 29, 2003: Message edited by: Lasse Koskela ]
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Originally posted by Axel Janssen:
people in a local newsgroup said that one should give exadel struts studio a try. Currently its free, but next version will cost money, I think. Its a eclipse plugin.
Lots of visual stuff, code stub generators and the like. Will give it try.
[ May 29, 2003: Message edited by: Axel Janssen ]
Originally posted by Gregg Bolinger:
I kind of like it, however, since it is so auto everything, if you are learning struts, I wouldnt recomend it. Just like any other IDE.
Originally posted by Sergey Smirnov:
Actually, our primary goal for Struts Studio is to help newbie to learn Struts Framework faster. So, if you suggest that we are doing something wrong here, please, point us to the right direction.
1. Exadel looks like its a stand-alone app. Since I usually develop Struts applications within the context of a larger J2EE app, I am not sure if I find this appealing as it means one more IDE to learn, more "application fragmentation", etc.
2. How does Exadel handle Struts applications that subclass Struts classes such as RequestProcessor, Actions, etc?
3. Does Exadel integrate with Strut's 1.1 extended features like Tiles and the Validator Framework?
4. How does Exadel handle modular Struts applications that incorporate multiple struts-config.xml files?
Most Drag-n-Drop features are duplicated with context menu options.5. I like the drag and drop approach. However, some of my more complicated struts applications have well over 80 actions in them (primarily because they weren't modularized using Struts 1.1 module features.) How easy is it to lay out large applications like this?
6. The application is soon to be commercial. What is the proposed pricing and is it worth learning the tool now given that I may have to buy it later on?
My thoughts. I'll let you know how it handles some of my larger config files.
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