20 Dec 2001 - New version of ISValidator in English

Inigo Serrano has released a new version of ISValidator, a collection of Java routines to validate data Struts forms, is now available in English.

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17 Dec 2001 - Mapper ActionForm-to-Value Object and back

Andrej Sobkowski has released an extension to help map ActionForm properties to more business-oriented value objects.

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10 Dec 3001 - eContent 2.0 released

Now with Struts integrated, Jcorporate (www.jcorporate.com) has today released a new version of its web content management system (CMS), eContentversion 2.0:.

eContent is a sophisticated application built using Expresso/Struts. Full Java source code is available. eContent integrates web content management, scalable content delivery, workflow, collaboration and personalization and more. It also integrates with several open source projects including eForum - delivering context-sensitive forums to resources such as articles or financial reports. With enhanced support for managing content stored in databases, XML repositories, and static files, eContent provides team-based enterprise-wide collaboration.

A full list of 2.0 enhancements is available. A new demo is also available online.

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13 Nov 2001 - Expresso version 4.0 released

Expresso version 4.0 is now available at www.jcorporate.com. For more information and to download the expresso4-00-complete.jar see http://www.jcorporate.com/product/expresso.html.

Expresso 4.0 integrates with Struts, and provides capabilities for database-stored security, robust object-relational mapping, background job handling and scheduling, self-tests, log4j logging integration, automated table manipulation, database connection pooling, email connectivity, event notification, caching, internationalization, XML automation, testing, registration objects, configuration management, automatic database maintenance...and so on.

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30 Nov 2001 - Struts/MVC Book and Training Seminars

[PUBLIC/PRIVATE TRAINING]

BaseBeans Engineering offers both public and private training classes in developing MVC applications using the Struts framework and other open standards software. Please visit the BaseBeans web site for more information (http://www.basebeans.com).

[BOOK]

BaseBeans Engineering is announcing the widespread availability of the book "Struts Fast Track: J2EE/JSP Framework", covering the necessities of developing open standards, MVC, Struts-based applications, including open standard software overviews, database CRUD, object orientation, tiles, menus, security, refactoring, and deployment.

"Struts Fast Track" may be purchased at Atlas Books (http://www.atlasbooks.com/marktplc/00670.htm).

TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Chapter 1: Orientation
      Chapter 2: Warm Up
      Chapter 3: Requirements
      Chapter 4: Framework Installation
      Chapter 5: Support
      Chapter 6: Application Architecture
      Chapter 7: Searching
      Chapter 8: Setup RDBMS
      Chapter 9: Data Retrieval
      Chapter 10: Object Orientation
      Chapter 11: XML from JSP
      Chapter 12: Drill Down
      Chapter 13: Debugging
      Chapter 14: Data Entry
      Chapter 15: Master-Detail Processing
      Chapter 16: Security
      Chapter 17: Demo
      Chapter 18: Data Validation
      Chapter 19: Administration
      Chapter 20: Portal Tiles
      Chapter 21: Refactoring
      Chapter 22: Menus
      Chapter 23: Deployment
      Chapter 24: Performance Assurance
      Chapter 25: Audit Queue
      Chapter 26: Content Syndication
      Chapter 27: Review

      Appendix A: Downloads
      Appendix B: Technology Architecture
      Appendix C: Struts Tiles
      Appendix D: Struts Validation
      Appendix E: WebLogic Deployment
      Appendix F: Why not use ... ?

[MORE INFORMATION]

For more information, please visit the BaseBeans Engineering web site.

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27 Nov 2001 - Routines to validate Data in Struts

The ISValidator is a set of routines designed to help validate data in different scenarios, command line arguments, Servlets Parameters, and so forth. Support has now been added to use ISValidator with Struts 1.0.

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27 Nov 2001 - Struts 1.0.1-rc1 Released

The first Release Candidate for Struts 1.0.1 is now available. This release fixes a number of known problems with the Struts 1.0 release.

The binary distribution for this release candidate is available here and the source distribution is available here.

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05 Oct 2001 - Free remote JSP/java debugger for Tomcat

Day Corp.'s Communique JSP Debugger is a remote java/jsp debugger for Tomcat. it's based on JPDA 1.0 (Java Platform Debugger Architecture), which is the official debugging support for the Java 2 platform.

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15 Jun 2001 - Struts 1.0 Released

As promised at JavaOne, the Struts project team is proud to announce the availability of Version 1.0 of the Struts Framework. The binary distribution for Struts 1.0 is available here and the source distribution is available here. A press release is also available.

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02 Jun 2001 - Struts 1.0-beta-3 Released

Struts 1.0-beta-3 is a release candidate version of the Struts Framework, likely to be the final beta prior to the Struts 1.0 Final Release, which is currently scheduled for June 15, 2001. Please help identify any remaining bugs that need to be fixed prior to final release, and report them to our bug tracking system at http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/.

The binary distribution of Struts 1.0-beta-3 is available here, and the source distribution of Struts 1.0-beta-3 is available here.

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19 May 2001 - Jakarta Struts 1.0-b2 Released

Struts 1.0-b2 is an update release in preparation for a final release of Struts 1.0 prior to JavaOne 2001. The changes included are documented in the Release Notes. Get your copy of this latest release here.

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23 Feb 2001 - Struts 1.0 Beta 1 Released

Version 1.0-beta-1 of the Struts Framework is now available for download.

Struts is an open source project, under the sponsorship of the Apache Software Foundation, to produce framework useful in building web applications with Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages (JSP) technology. Struts encourages application architectures based on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design paradigm.

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07 Jan 2001 - MySQL Database Admin Tool

A database administration tool based on STRUTS 0.5 is available online at www.webappcabaret.com/teatimej

You will be asked to provide a user id and password. Use the following logon details

userid : teatimej
password : yyyyyy

The application demonstrates several features of STRUTS including the iterate tag, indexed properties, template, form:select, jdbc connection and so forth.

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