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Struts: The Complete Reference, Who is it for?

 
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hi:
I want to know who is this book was writtin for? Bigginer/ Intermediate/ or Advanced.
If it is not for biginers, can someone suggest a biginer book. I have Mastering Jakarta Struts, and I don't like it.
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Well, the author could best answer this, but being a "Complete Reference" I would think all sorts of people could get benefit from it, but it might be better suited for those who have some knowledge of Struts.

As for a beginner book, try "The Struts Framework" by Speilman. It is a small book that gets right to the point without a lot of fluff. I like it and have communicated with the author several times.

The only thing I wish was covered and wasn't is Struts to EJB connectivity.
 
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Hanna,
Check author's home page. The book is good for beginners but some chapters are little bit confusing. This is the web page
 
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As the book is for the beginners, should the reader have the experience in MVC, Servlet and JSP.
Besides, does the book involve the topic about the communication between the Structs and EJB?
 
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I havent read the book completely. Only the first three chapters. There is a brief introduction of mvc in the frist chapter. So I will say if you are referring only this book then you need to know abt sevlets and jsp.

In the first chapter itself the author has started with a HR web app and started explaing struts with that code which is little bit confusing to me.
Hey this is just my opinion.
 
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Originally posted by Stephen Lai:
As the book is for the beginners, should the reader have the experience in MVC, Servlet and JSP.
Besides, does the book involve the topic about the communication between the Structs and EJB?



Chapter 3: The Model Layer
Chapter 4: The View Layer
Chapter 5: The Controller Layer
 
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Struts: The Complete Reference is aimed at all developers as it provides a tutorial on how to create Struts applications as well as several chapters dedicated to reference material that can be used on a daily basis by developers of all levels. The book does not cover EJB integration or other model-layer technologies. The beauty of Struts is that you can choose your own model-layer and Struts will accomodate.

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fine,

The book does not cover EJB integration or other model-layer technologies. The beauty of Struts is that you can choose your own model-layer and Struts will accomodate.



but do you describe how it accomodates ? for instance how to use plugins
 
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