"Jakarta Struts Cookbook" Released by O'Reilly

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Struts Recipes That Hone Your Skills While Solving Your Problems
O'Reilly Releases "Jakarta Struts Cookbook"

Sebastopol, CA--Corporate IT has traditionally been slow to adopt open
source technologies, with a few exceptions. Struts is one of them. In the
short time that it's been around, Struts (now officially called Apache
Struts) has grown into the most popular framework for building Java-based
web applications. There are other excellent Java-based web application
frameworks--some newer, and some that have benefited from lessons learned
by Struts users and developers--but none of these others offer the broad
range of features and functionality for which Struts is known.

Equally important to its success is the Struts community, notes Bill
Siggelkow, author of "Jarkarta Struts Cookbook" (O'Reilly, US $44.95). One
of the largest communities in the world of open source development, it
actively supports fellow Struts users, drives Struts development, and has
facilitated Struts' entry into the corporate world. "Architects and IT
managers know that if they go with Struts, they'll have access to one of
the largest developer communities around. If you're a developer, it's now
common for employers to list Struts as a prerequisite skill."

Despite its popularity, Struts still provides developers with their fair
share of challenges. Even figuring out how to get started developing with
Struts is a common topic of conversation. In "Jakarta Struts Cookbook,"
Siggelkow aims to provide developers with a single resource that shows how
to apply Struts to specific problems that arise in web application
development. "In the past, determining the best solution to a problem
required reading and posting to the mailing list, reading books and online
articles, and researching third party software," says Siggelkow.  "With my
cookbook, I wanted to provide a one-stop shop that allows developers to be
more productive in their day-to-day jobs."

"Jarkarta Struts Cookbook" will save developers time and effort with
ready-made solutions to everyday problems, but the book doesn't stop
there. "For the developer wanting to learn more, the book explains each
solution," says Siggelkow. "In many cases, the book provides not just one,
but a number of alternative solutions, describing each alternative's
advantages and disadvantages."

Moreover, Siggelkow's recipes encourage developers to break away from
comfortable and familiar techniques they may have fallen into the habit of
using. "As developers, we latch onto tools, patterns, and software that
works for us. We're naturally wary of new approaches. It goes back to the
old saying, 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it.'"  While sticking with
tried-and-true approaches is safe, developers can miss out on many
innovative, creative, and entertaining ways of working with Struts. "My
aim with this book is to take away some of the anxiety when it comes to
trying a new way of solving what may be an old problem," says Siggelkow.

The topics covered in the "Jakarta Struts Cookbook" include:

-Tools and techniques for developing a Struts application
-Configuring your Struts application
-Creating your user interface with the tag libraries
-Working with Struts actions and action forms
-Validating input and handling errors
-Integrating Struts with your business model
-Applying security to your application
-Internationalization
-Testing and debugging
-Using Tiles and other presentation approaches

The solutions presented in the book reflect the know-how of a multitude of
experts, not just the author.  As Siggelkow notes, "I did not write the
book in a vacuum.  All the solutions were based not only my experience,
but the experience and expertise of Struts developers around the globe."
Completely up-to-date with the latest version of the Struts Framework
(Struts 1.2), the "Jakarta Struts Cookbook" is ideal for independent
developers, large development teams, and everyone in between who would
like to use Struts to its fullest potential.

Early praise for "Jakarta Struts Cookbook":

"This is the book to read for Struts 1.2. The cookbook even taught me a
few things about Struts."
-Ted Husted, Struts guru and author of "Struts in Action"

"I thought this book had excellent coverage of Jakarta Struts. I can
appreciate the fact that Bill has invested so many voluntary hours
participating in user discussion on both the Struts user and developer
mailing lists."
-James Mitchell, software engineer and open source evangelist

Additional Resources:

Chapter 14, "Tiles and Other Presentation Approaches," is available online at:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jakartastrutsckbk/chapter/...

For more information about the book, including table of contents, index,
author bio, and samples, see:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jakartastrutsckbk/index.html

For a cover graphic in JPEG format, go to:
ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/0596007...

Jakarta Struts Cookbook
Bill Siggelkow
ISBN: 0-596-00771-X, 507 pages, $44.95 US, $62.95 CA
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