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Struts 2 Design and Programming: A Tutorial (a question)
Cor Takken
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As a relatively newcomer I am bombarded with frameworks. What I would like to know is what makes the Struts-framework better than other competing frameworks like JSP; and are those other frameworks really competing frameworks or are they complementary and if the latter is the case: how? [ January 28, 2008: Message edited by: Cor Takken ]
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Originally posted by Cor Takken: As a relatively newcomer I am bombarded with frameworks. What I would like to know is what makes the Struts-framework better than other competing frameworks like JSP; and are those other frameworks really competing frameworks or are they complementary and if the latter is the case: how?
[ January 28, 2008: Message edited by: Cor Takken ]
JSP is not a framework. It's a specification. You can compare Struts with Tapestry or Spring MVC.
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Alaa Nassef
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Hello Cor,
The basic building blocks for java web applications are servlets & JSP (in addition of course to some quiet advanced features like listeners & filters). I believe that you have to get your hands on those first, before getting into the many frameworks that are available nowadays. I would recommend Head First Servlets & JSP for you.
After getting the basic concepts, you can then look into the available frameworks like struts, struts 2, JSF, etc. Wish you all the luck.
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