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Struts 2 Tutorial – Getting Started
Struts 2 is an MVC web development framework. It is based off of Web Work and has far less configuration than the original Struts. I would strongly recommend Struts 2 over Struts for new development...
View ArticleStruts 2 Tutorial – Creating Views
One of the first things you’ll want to do after getting started with Struts 2 is create more complex user interfaces. We call the UI a view because Struts2 makes use of the Model-View-Controller (MVC)...
View ArticleStruts 2 Tutorial – Interceptors
Interceptors are my favorite aspect of Struts 2. They inspect and/or act on a user’s request. There are three main uses cases that I’ll discuss here: intercepting before the action, between the action...
View ArticleStruts 2 Tutorial – Struts Configuration
The struts.xml file defines the relationship between actions and .jsp views, the inclusion of interceptors, and possible result types. It’s essential that you be able to handle at least basic...
View ArticleStruts 2 AJAX Tutorial – Dojo Autocompleter Example
This tutorial was written for Struts 2.1.2. A lot has changed in newer versions. The Dojo Plugin is no longer officially supported by the Struts 2 team. Also, please see Muhammad’s comment in the...
View ArticleUsing Struts 2 on Google App Engine
Google App Engine (GAE) has some great benefits such as scalability and the fact that it’s free to start. When using Struts 2 with Google App Engine there a few things to keep in mind. The first is...
View ArticleEmbedded Jetty
One of the coolest things about Jetty is the ability to run it in embedded mode. This means that you can write a Java app with a main method that will launch a Jetty server. This has some really nice...
View ArticleGoogle GXP Struts 2 Plugin
Google GXP is a replacement for JSP that provides compile-time type safety. This article is a quick introduction on how to use GXP with Struts 2. 1. Download the jar. It’s not in Maven yet because...
View ArticleUsing the Guice Struts 2 plugin
Guice 3.0 was released a few days ago! One of the easiest ways to use it in your web server is to use Struts 2 with the Struts 2 plugin, which is available in the central Maven repository. This...
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