Struts 2 for Beginners, 3rd Edition

Designed for beginners and intermediate developers, this book helps you come up to speed as quickly as possible with using the Struts 2 framework. It delves deeply into the core of the Struts 2 framework, providing a sound understanding of the components that make up the framework and the way they interact with each other.

This book uses an application-centric approach. The development of an application drives the Struts 2 exposure and not the other way around. An application is defined which is build throughout the book. Most [if not all] of the code spec and snippets that you will find in this book are a part of the application

Finally, two web based projects are developed to re-enforce all the learning that took place throughout the book. This will definitely help developers to quickly get started with building real-world Web applications using the Struts 2.0.x as well as Struts 2.1.x framework.

Topics Covered in the Book

All About The Struts 2 Framework
Fundamentals Of Struts and Struts 2, Architecture of Struts 2, Struts 2 Framework Core Components

Setting Up The Development Environment
Installing And Setting Up NetBeans IDE, Installing And Setting Up Struts 2

Getting Started With Struts 2
Getting Started, Working With Actions, Building Views, Building Interceptors, OGNL And Value Stack, Validations, Using The Data Store, Integrating Hibernate With Struts2

Application Development Using Struts 2.0.x

Guide to Migrating from Struts 2.0.x to 2.1.x

Application Development Using Struts 2.1.x and Hibernate 3

CD-ROM CONTENTS

• Setup files for JDK 6, NetBeans IDE 6.5, Struts 2.0.x, Struts 2.1.x, Hibernate 3, MySQL
• Community Server 6.x, MySQL Connector/J 5.x, Display Tag 1.2
• Source code for the examples and the projects covered in this book.