JBoss and Struts... Jakarta ROCKS!

[Rick Hightower]

I am a really big fan of the Jakarta project.
I've used everything from Log4J to Struts.
I think if you are doing JSP/Servlets than Struts is the next logical step.

[Matthew Phillips]

I agree. I also think struts is a great learning tool because you can start the process at a higher level and work your way down.

[Rick Salsa]

I agree as well!! JBoss is the cat's a@#!! I love a world where everything is free and the source is open. If you're brave enough, dive into the source code of the different projects. It can be an excellent learning tool.
Btw, I just showed my boss Rick's Hello World application (the build files, ejb's, etc..) from his new book. His jaw dropped to the floor when I showed him how easy it was to refactor the application from using simple Beans to EJB's.
Looks like ant, junit, and jboss is the new standard.
Where were all these tools 3 years ago. I could have really used them then.
Oh yeah, we're also using Struts now as well. Excellent framework!!
[ March 13, 2002: Message edited by: rick salsa ]
Can't type today..
[ March 13, 2002: Message edited by: rick salsa ]

[shailesh sonavadekar]

apart from struts , are there any opensource framework ?
what aspect of XP is supported by struts ? is it really a XP tool ?

[Doug Wang]

Originally posted by shailesh sonavadekar:
apart from struts , are there any opensource framework ?

This article is giving a landscape of all alternatives of JSP. You will find another framework including Barracuda, Turbine(Jakarta), WebWork, Expresso, etc. Guys from Barracuda project also provides framework comparisons between Barracuda and Struts.
As for Struts, I dont think it has something with XP. Actually, the book covers the following tools:

unit test tools: JUnit, ServletUnit, Cactus

functional test: HTTPUnit, JUnitPerf, JMeter

build tools: ANT

My 2 cents.
[ March 14, 2002: Message edited by: Doug Wang ]