The Jakarta Struts Framework is a popular open source platform for building web applications from top to bottom with Java. While this popularity has led to a wealth of online and in-print documentation, developers still find themselves faced with a number of common tasks that are not clearly and succinctly explained. In these situations, programmers can now turn to the Jakarta Struts Cookbook an amazing collection of code solutions to common--and uncommon--problems encountered when working with the Struts Framework. Among many other recipes, this book explains how to:

• display data in complex HTML tables

• use JSP, the JSTL, and JavaScript in your user interface

• define static and dynamic action forms

• validate data and respond to errors

• use Logging, Validation, and Exception Handling

• integrate Struts with persistence frameworks like Hibernate and iBATIS

This look-up reference is just what today's time-pressed developers need. With solutions to real-world problems just a few page flips away, information is instantly available. And while the book's solutions focus on getting to the point, each recipe's discussion section imparts valuable concept and insight from a Struts veteran. The Jakarta Struts Cookbook is perfect for independent developers, large development teams, and everyone in between who wishes to use the Struts Framework to its fullest potential. Plus, it s completely up-to-date with the latest versions of Framework, so readers can be sure the information is viable.

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 14 Ratings

Great Book - 2006-06-15
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I worked on a Struts application for almost a year before buying a few Struts books. Since I started building an e-commerce application for a large retail company I needed to know the ins and outs of Struts.

I bought...

Struts: The Complete Reference - great intro and reference book!!

Struts Recipes - some good recipes in there, but not often used.

Struts Cookbook (this book) - excellent book! I use it all of the time to get ideas on how to do something. This is a must have for anyone working on a Struts application. It deals with Struts 1.2 which is the latest version - but look out, version 2 of Struts is on it's way.

Author has superficial knowledge - 2006-06-17
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I have found a few examples of fundamental holes in the author's knowledge that make me concerned about how much I should rely on this book.

The mistake that motivated me to write my first ever Amazon review was in "Recipe 6.2 Relaying Actions". The author has a box of text labeled "Avoid Chaining Actions" where he cautions the reader not to forward from one action to another. I quote:

"Beware this temptation! If you follow this path, you've essentially substituted Java method calls with HTTP requests. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that an HTTP request is much slower than a Java method call."

If the author had a solid understanding of the subject matter, he would know that forwarding from one action to another does not involve an HTTP request. If the book had been peer reviewed, obvious mistakes like that would have been corrected.

Since there could not have been a peer review, I am depending on the author's expertise when I use one of the recipes. I'm not sure that's such a good idea now.

An Incredibly Useful Book - 2006-07-04
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If you need to do something within the Struts framework and that something is covered within the Chapter/Section framework of this book (and a LOT is), then consider yourself lucky. Problems and Solutions are succinctly stated, and the follow-up Discussions do a good job of explaining the why fors and the what nots.
Even the mundane, but necessary, topics of Testing and Debugging and getting Struts to play nice with JUnit and Log4J are covered.

Excellent book - 2006-03-16
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This is a excellent book with lot of examples. I will recommend to everyone. Nice to have in your collection.

Great examples and Ideas - 2005-12-10
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I needed a book that showed concrete real world examples of implementing solutions in struts. This book hit the target right on. I would recommend this book to anyone who has been using struts for awhile and just needs to see some proven solutions to solving real world problems with Struts and other associated APIs.

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