Pro Jakarta Struts, Second Edition maps out how to use the Jakarta Struts framework, so you can solve everyday web application development challenges. This book takes an application-centric approach: the development of an application drives the Struts coverage--not the other way around. Improper design can lead to long term dependencies on the Struts framework, which makes code re-use difficult to achieve. But the authors helpfully discuss Struts from an anti-pattern perspective. The end result: you will learn to use Struts very effectively!
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John Carnell - John Carnell is a Principal Architect for NetChange, LLC . NetChange, LLC is an IT management consulting firm specialized in enterprise application design and implementation. John is also an adjunct facility member of the Waukesha County Technical College's (WCTC) School of Business. In addition, John is a prolific speaker and writer. He has spoken at national conferences, such as Internet Expo, the Data Warehousing Institute, and the Complete Programmer's Network Software Symposiums. John has authored, co-authored, and has been a technical reviewer for a number of technical books and industry publications.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found the struts framework difficult to get into so I picked up four struts books.
Pro Struts covers a lot of material. The introduction to struts was fine but I found myself looking elsewhere to do everything non trivial.
The difficulty is that rather than focus on struts, the book also looks at Object Relational Bridge and other technologies. It is trying to give you end to end knowledge but fails to go into adequate depth.
Design patterns/ or anti patterns are overly emphasised too. This is useful context but there seems to be a desire on the part of the authors to illustrate these in detail rather than the solutions.
This review appears fairly negative, but the book does give you a broader view than struts. However if you are an end to end developer who hasn't touched any other docs you will be left wondering how to include CSS styles and a number of other basic tasks.
In summary, good overview, poor detail. There are some errors in printed codes in the book (most have this though!) and I should point out I have not looked at the sample application which is available by download (there is no CD).
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3.7 out of 5 stars
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Not focused enough
16 Aug 2004
By critical_g
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This book offers too much discussion of general software engineering. I suppose an enty-level developer might find that useful. I just wanted a book that teaches Struts, from "Hello, world" to the dirty details. If you already know the benefits of n-tier applications, much of the text is a waste. If you already know the value of design patterns, and how to apply some, then much of the text is a waste.
I found the Wrox book, Professional Jakarta Struts, to be much more focused and useful. That book sticks to the topic, and provides very good reference information on the configuration file and tag libraries.
Having said that, I did find the chapter on XDoclet to be useful.
I found the Wrox book, Professional Jakarta Struts, to be much more focused and useful. That book sticks to the topic, and provides very good reference information on the configuration file and tag libraries.
Having said that, I did find the chapter on XDoclet to be useful.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Doesn't stop where Struts 1.1 leaves off
25 July 2004
By Dirk Schreckmann
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Format:Paperback
Pro Jakarta Struts, Second Edition by John Carnell with Rob Harrop is the best book on developing Struts-based web applications I've read. (I've read at least five or six others.)
The title of the book is a bit of a misnomer, as it covers much more than just Struts 1.1 fundamentals. This book aims higher, including chapters on web application Patterns and Antipatterns, XDoclet, Velocity and ObjectRelationalBridge, along with the good explanations of various Struts-specific topics.
Pro Jakarta Struts, Second Edition is a pretty thick book at 578 pages. I didn't notice a single page wasted to printing some API. It isn't really a technical cookbook to be placed on a nearby shelf for quick reference during development to look up the basics of using some technology. Instead, the authors focused on good practices used when developing web applications, including explanations of why a technology should be used and how to use it, recurring problems that others have experienced (Antipatterns) and what to do instead (Patterns), and other pieces of advice designed to get the reader's brain thinking in web applications.
If you're in the market for a book on Struts-based web applications, get this one. It covers Struts 1.1 well, but it doesn't stop where Struts leaves off.
The title of the book is a bit of a misnomer, as it covers much more than just Struts 1.1 fundamentals. This book aims higher, including chapters on web application Patterns and Antipatterns, XDoclet, Velocity and ObjectRelationalBridge, along with the good explanations of various Struts-specific topics.
Pro Jakarta Struts, Second Edition is a pretty thick book at 578 pages. I didn't notice a single page wasted to printing some API. It isn't really a technical cookbook to be placed on a nearby shelf for quick reference during development to look up the basics of using some technology. Instead, the authors focused on good practices used when developing web applications, including explanations of why a technology should be used and how to use it, recurring problems that others have experienced (Antipatterns) and what to do instead (Patterns), and other pieces of advice designed to get the reader's brain thinking in web applications.
If you're in the market for a book on Struts-based web applications, get this one. It covers Struts 1.1 well, but it doesn't stop where Struts leaves off.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good explanations with relavent code examples
14 July 2004
By A Customer
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Format:Paperback
If you are the kind of person who needs all the basics and details before reading how to use them this book may not be for you. I like a book that has a quick intro on the basics and then gets to the real meat of things and this is that kind of book.
This is one of the best programming type books I have read in quite some time. Many books show you so many light weight examples and never develop anything but the basics. This book uses the same web app throughout the book, adapting it as you go. The app has many pieces and you can get a good feel for all of the pieces of the Struts framework.
Not only does he give good examples of how and why on implementing an app using Struts but he provides you with why not to do it other ways. He also provides a lot of advice on how not to integrate your app too tightly within the Struts framework making it flexable to use your code outside of a web app.
I work maintenance on several web apps and know how hard it is to integrate new funcationality into an existing application that is poorly written. The anti-patterns describe the systems I work on all too well so to have explanations of how to remedy these situations is helpful.
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