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"I heartily endorse this book. Since an early copy of Sue's manuscript hit my desk, it has not left my side and is now well thumbed and gathering coffee stains from regular use."
Simon Chappell - Java Programming Specialist with a Fortune 100 company."

"Sue Spielman launches the aspiring Java J2EE programmer on an exciting exploration of Struts based MVC architecture and applies this knowledge in creating a state of the art web application. No 21st Century web software engineering library is complete without this important book."
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"I heartily endorse this book. Since an early copy of Sue's manuscript hit my desk, it has not left my side and is now well thumbed and gathering coffee stains from regular use."
Simon Chappell - Java Programming Specialist with a Fortune 100 company."

"Sue Spielman launches the aspiring Java J2EE programmer on an exciting exploration of Struts based MVC architecture and applies this knowledge in creating a state of the art web application. No 21st Century web software engineering library is complete without this important book."
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  • Paperback: 137 pages
  • Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann; 1st edition (November 2, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1558608621
  • ISBN-13: 978-1558608627
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (42 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #671,367 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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47 of 52 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars useless, February 8, 2003
I hate to be a party pooper, but I have to completely disagree with the other rave reviews this book has gotten. I bought the book precisely because of those reviews, and I am badly let down.

This book is poorly written and poorly edited. It has only a tiny bit of information in it, and even this is made difficult to find by the authors repeatedly very shallow coverage of all the concepts that she doesn't have space to actually explain. "...outside the scope of this book"

The 126 pages are broken into 11 chapters, each of which has an introduction and a summary. Not a whole lot of space is left for actual meaningful contents. The sample application is trivially simple and avoids any of the interesting challenges that would come up in any real application. Even this oversimplified sample is presented in incoherent chunks, where one code snippet has little or nothing to do with the one that follows it.

The "Struts Development Cycle" that one reviewer praises is all of a half page long; it is a list that goes from "gather requirements" to "develop application business logic" to "build, test, deploy." Duh. This list is followed up with a few pages of explanation, but each item is given at most a half-page explanation. The list is repeated again in the chapter summary.

The "Excellent ready-reference" reviewer gives himself away when he writes "Let one of the other books take the role of reference and tutorial and allow this one to help you out in the pinches." Ah, I see. It's not a reference or a tutorial, it's for... keeping warm when you need extra firewood.

The one UML sequence diagram in the book portrays an Error as an Actor. It 'calls' ActionError when 'some error occurred in model.' ActionError calls ActionErrors to 'Add to ActionErrors collection.' This is typical of the book's ability to muddle rather than clarify.

Two stars for having chapter 8, which although not great is the one section of the book that has real information.

Unfortunately, after reading this book, I still don't know why I should use Struts. The question that the book should have answered first never got answered at all.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Practical at its best!, December 15, 2002
Those of us in the high tech industry have become used to buying technical books that can take down a forest. How refreshing to finally have an author who doesn't feel the need to drone on about every ancillary topic there is. This book covered everything I needed to know to get up, running, and productive with Struts 1.1. It is clearly and concisely written and speaks directly to Java developers. No bones about it. My boss had come into my cube on Friday morning and told me that we'd be looking at Struts on Monday for a new project. I purchased this book on overnight delivery, and was able to get through it in its entirety in a single day. This included downloading the sample application and using it. I walked in Monday not only knowing
what I needed to know to thoroughly impress my boss, but also able to make suggestions and comments on how we should go about building our project thanks to this book. With a sub- price tag, it's hard to justify spending 2 and 3 times the amount on another book. If you need a true practical guide, this is it. I've already recommended it to the rest of our development team, cause I don't want to give up my copy!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Fast track to Struts, February 21, 2004
This is a good book for someone who has never used Struts before. It is fast-paced and uses an example to convey the message. The author sticks to Struts and does not clutter the book with any other technologies. This book is perfect if you want to get up and running with Struts quickly. In the authors own words, the book strives to explain the most common 80% of features of Struts. A basic knowledge of Servlets and JSP is useful, though not required. This is not a good reference book though. Once you have gone through it cover-to-cover, there is no further use for it. Well, I guess that's why it costs less than $20.

Who should buy:

If you have never used Struts before and want to learn Struts quickly, then this is the book for you.

If you have worked on Struts earlier and are looking for advanced features, then this is not the book for you. If you want to learn JSP/Servlets, then this is not the book for you. If you are looking for best practises, pattern and J2EE architecture, then this is not the book for you.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Completely useless book
I've been programming for over 15 years and this book literally put me to sleep. I can see the big picture the author was getting at but could not follow her code at all to put... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Lawrence X. Oneal

2.0 out of 5 stars Too wordy
Let's face it: what makes a good book (primarily when it comes to programming) is the ability to convey the concept with step-by-step examples. Read more
Published on September 15, 2006 by Dror Guzman

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent quick intro but hard to read
A good effort to produce a small book that introduces Struts. It does it decently, but the quality of explanations is simply far from what one is used to by reading other Java... Read more
Published on February 8, 2006 by A. Radu

4.0 out of 5 stars Helpful review after coming from BEA Weblogic Workshop
I just completed a 5-month corporate contract, prototyping an intranet app using BEA Weblogic/Workshop, without prior Struts experience. Read more
Published on November 26, 2005 by George Jempty

1.0 out of 5 stars Poorly written and completely useless
Hate to say this, but this book is useless. It is poorly edited and more confusing than helpful. This book may be of some help to those who have used struts extensively but if you... Read more
Published on September 15, 2005 by Nitin Chander

5.0 out of 5 stars Read this if you are an experienced programmer and just want to know about struts
If you are an experienced programmer and just want to know about Struts, I would say this is a good start. Read more
Published on August 4, 2005 by swamy

2.0 out of 5 stars Save your money
Why are there are so many rave reviews for this book?

I have been programming for around 10 years and have picked up many technologies from many books. Read more
Published on September 27, 2004 by Buford Twain

1.0 out of 5 stars Collection of random essays
Like title says, she did not organized book at all. all she did was to put collection of random information in 1 book
Published on September 14, 2004 by E. Krinker

2.0 out of 5 stars Not very practicle
I bought this book in haste and I should have looked at it more closely. Although very imformative, you would need a good knowledge of Struts to really understand what she's... Read more
Published on September 11, 2004 by javanut

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book for experienced programmers
As an experienced programmer who has bought books where the first half of the book covers the absolute basics of programming and the last quarter of the book is an outdated... Read more
Published on August 31, 2004 by Dan

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