As far as I can tell, these two are different approaches to web application programming. However I would like to know the main differences between them and which is preferable? Hope someone can answer my trivial question.
Struts is a framework built upon Servlet and JSP technologies.
Until you have a good understanding of Servlet technology under your belt, I recommend avoiding the use of frameworks. [ July 12, 2005: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]
The bottomline is this. If you have a "small application" and speed of development is of the essence, perhaps you are better off just using plain Servlets and JSPs. The moment it starts becoming something "large" and/or it has a lot of incremental changes expected, a formal framework is best employed. Struts is the most popular framework for Java web applications. It has its shortcomings, but it also has a lot of industry adoption as well as a strong user community.
I suggest you look at some basic Struts tutorials to get an idea of what it would offer you. Then you can decide if the learning curve is worth your while (for the application you have in mind). Let us know if you have more specific questions.
I just suggest that if you develop a big web application , and your custom want to offer small lund , then you will use Eclipse + Jboss + mySql + Junit + Ant + Struts + Hibernate + String . and you will find them are very very strong and good
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Struts is (M)odel-(V)iew-(C)ontroller frame work. The main components are: Model :- form bean View: jsp Controller: Action
The action class here is actually a servlet. So every action class is a servlet but reverse is not true.
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