Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 528 pages
- Published by: Apress October 17, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1590597389
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1590597385
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Book Dimensions:
9 x 7 x 1.1 inches
- Weighs: 1.8 pounds
Product Description
Pro Apache Struts with Ajax maps out how to use the Apache Struts MVC web framework, so you can solve everyday web application development challenges. This book takes an application-centric approach: the development of an application drives Struts along with Ajax coveragenot the other way around.
Improper design can lead to long-term dependencies on the Struts framework, which makes code reuse difficult to achieve. This is the only book of its kind, covering the Struts 1.2 framework. It also covers forthcoming evolutions into Shale and lightweight WebWork/Struts Ti. Authors Carnell and Harrop discuss Struts from an antipattern perspective, and the end result is that youll learn to use Struts very effectively!
About The Author
John Carnell is a principal architect for NetChange, LLC, an IT management consulting firm specializing in enterprise application design and implementation. John is also an adjunct facility member of the Waukesha County Technical College's (WCTC's) 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, coauthored, and been a technical reviewer for a number of technical books and industry publications.
Rob Harrop is a
software consultant specializing in delivering high-performance, highly-scalable enterprise applications. He is an experienced architect with a particular flair for understanding and solving complex design issues. With a thorough knowledge of both Java and .NET, Harrop has successfully deployed projects across both platforms. He also has extensive experience across a variety of sectors, retail and government in particular.
Harrop is the author of five books, including
Pro Spring, a widely-acclaimed, comprehensive resource on the Spring Framework.
Harrop has been a core developer of the Spring Framework since June 2004 and currently leads the JMX and AOP efforts. He co-founded UK-based
software company, Cake Solutions, in May 2001, having spent the previous two years working as Lead Developer for a successful dotcom start-up. Rob is a member of the JCP and is involved in the JSR-255 Expert Group for JMX 2.0.
Kunal Mittal is a consultant specializing in Java technology, the J2EE platform, Web services, and SOA technologies. He has co-authored and contributed to several books on these topics. Kunal is currently working on a BEA Portal project for Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Reader ReviewsI would like to write a longer review but I'm pressed for time so I'll keep it short and sweet. The authors have created a very easy to follow guide (and reference) for beginning Struts development. I've found it very useful for the project I am working on. A couple of shortcomings... In the section on Struts form validation, they don't go into how one would handle using ActionForm's validate() method to validate a form when the associated HTML FORM uses [for example] html:optionscollection to present a pulldown with choices. Forwarding to the controller, and an action that could then repopulate the beans with the pulldown values would make sense but I'll have to figure this out on my own to see if that's the way to do it. Also, nobody responded to my email in which I asked questions about the text. I used the email address from the book but didn't get a response. All in all, a very good book. Absolutely worth the money.
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