Re: Struts In Action

2006-02-13 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
Based on two facts (maybe psuedo-facts I suppose), I would say go ahead and start with that book: (1) WebWork is really pretty similar to Struts in many ways. My suspicion is that most developers will have little trouble slipping right into Struts 2.0, so what you learn now will largely transfer,

Re: Struts in Action book

2006-02-06 Thread Ted Husted
On 2/2/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I highly recommend this book for anyone. Though I might recommend that a > true newbie > either a) read slowly or b) maybe start with something else -- but I'm not > aware of a more > rudimentary intro. The original idea was that SIA wou

Re: Struts in Action book

2006-02-06 Thread J T
The best book that I have seen on struts is "struts survival guide". I bought the .pdf and the hard copy but it is now free for download from http://www.objectsource.com. On 2/2/06, Frank W. Zammetti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > David Durham wrote: > > Frank W. Zammetti wrote: > >> Generally-spe

Re: Struts in Action book

2006-02-02 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
David Durham wrote: Frank W. Zammetti wrote: Generally-speaking, anything in the "X in Action" series, or the "X: The Definitive Guide/Reference" from O'Reilly are worth your time, in my experience. I've yet to be disappointed by a book in either series. I haven't been dissappointed by X in a

Re: Struts in Action book

2006-02-02 Thread David Durham
Frank W. Zammetti wrote: Generally-speaking, anything in the "X in Action" series, or the "X: The Definitive Guide/Reference" from O'Reilly are worth your time, in my experience. I've yet to be disappointed by a book in either series. I haven't been dissappointed by X in action, either. I've

Re: Struts in Action book

2006-02-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ppell [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: user@struts.apache.org Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2006 15:56:16 -0600 Subject: Re: Struts in Action book I was very disappointed by the O'Reilly Ant book.I have not read Struts in Action (one of the few Struts books that Ihaven't read), but the rest of the in Act

Re: Struts in Action book

2006-02-02 Thread Don Brown
t; wrote: > From: David Durham [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: user@struts.apache.org > Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:46:02 -0600 > Subject: Re: Struts in Action book > > > I highly recommend this book for anyone. Yeah, the book has good info, > even if it is a bit dated (publi

Re: Struts in Action book

2006-02-02 Thread Simon Chappell
; > --- On Thu 02/02, David Durham < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > From: David Durham [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: user@struts.apache.org > > Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:46:02 -0600 > > Subject: Re: Struts in Action book > > > >> I highly recomme

Re: Struts in Action book

2006-02-02 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
gt; wrote: > From: David Durham [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: user@struts.apache.org > Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:46:02 -0600 > Subject: Re: Struts in Action book > >> I highly recommend this book for anyone. Yeah, the book has good info, >> even if it is a bit dated

Re: Struts in Action book

2006-02-02 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The one I have is 2003. Covers struts 1.1 --- On Thu 02/02, David Durham < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: From: David Durham [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: user@struts.apache.org Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 15:46:02 -0600 Subject: Re: Struts in Action book > I highly recommend this

Re: Struts in Action book

2006-02-02 Thread David Durham
I highly recommend this book for anyone. Yeah, the book has good info, even if it is a bit dated (published in 2002). Or is there a new edition out that I don't know of? -Dave - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date?

2005-02-23 Thread Vic
It takes about 3-6 months to write a book, and about 4-6 months to have it published once you submit it. .V Christian Hauser wrote: I don't know when Struts 1.3 will be released and when your book finally gets printed, but please do not talk about an old version the way "Struts in Action" talke

Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date?

2005-02-18 Thread Vamsee Kanakala
Christian Hauser wrote: What I wanna say is that I wouldn't like Struts in Action 2nd Editionn to have lots about Struts 1.2 when Struts 1.3 anyway makes it all different. +1. It was quite ugly to see all those arrow marks in Struts in Action saying "Struts 1.1". I would rather the authors talk

Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date?

2005-02-18 Thread Christian Hauser
Nick Heudecker wrote: Yes, the index will be expanded and updated as well, including all of the newly added reference material. I don't know when Struts 1.3 will be released and when your book finally gets printed, but please do not talk about an old version the way "Struts in Action" talked abou

Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date?

2005-02-18 Thread Nick Heudecker
Yes, the index will be expanded and updated as well, including all of the newly added reference material. On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 10:00:58 -0800, Shey Rab Pawo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know how others feel, but if you could talk the editors into a > more expanded index, that would be rea

Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date?

2005-02-18 Thread Shey Rab Pawo
I don't know how others feel, but if you could talk the editors into a more expanded index, that would be really helpful to me. I don't think that a 10-15 page index would be too much for this book. On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 08:31:11 -0800, Don Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know exactly how you

Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date?

2005-02-18 Thread Don Brown
on? > > Dave > > > -Original Message- > From: Don Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2005 2:25 PM > To: Struts Users Mailing List > Subject: Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date? > > Unfortunately, all I can say is we are startin

Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date?

2005-02-18 Thread Vic
http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/chain/cookbook.html http://www.infonoia.com/en/content.jsp?d=inf.02.03 .V Dave Bender wrote: It would be nice if the publishers offered an 'update' to this and other books on topics that evolve. I'd love to have the new edition of Struts in Action, but I'm not goi

RE: Struts In Action - Still up to date?

2005-02-18 Thread Dave Bender
ing List Subject: Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date? Unfortunately, all I can say is we are starting on the book now and are dedicated to getting it out as soon as we can. The first edition is good up to 1.1 and is still very relevant. Struts 1.2 added some minor features, but is very close

Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date?

2005-02-14 Thread Don Brown
Unfortunately, all I can say is we are starting on the book now and are dedicated to getting it out as soon as we can. The first edition is good up to 1.1 and is still very relevant. Struts 1.2 added some minor features, but is very close to 1.1. Struts 1.3, on the hand, is shaping up to be clos

Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date?

2005-02-14 Thread Graham Reeds
Funny you should mention this...Nick Heudecker (Hibernate Quickly) and I have just agreed to write Struts in Action, 2nd Edition which will target 1.2 and 1.3 as appropriate. Our goal is to bring the trusted tome up to date, and include more practical solutions to common problems that arise on thi

Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date?

2005-02-13 Thread Don Brown
Funny you should mention this...Nick Heudecker (Hibernate Quickly) and I have just agreed to write Struts in Action, 2nd Edition which will target 1.2 and 1.3 as appropriate. Our goal is to bring the trusted tome up to date, and include more practical solutions to common problems that arise on thi

Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date?

2005-02-13 Thread J Q
On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 17:22:01 -0700, Larry Meadors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > very soon Very soon as in months or weeks? How do you know this and could you be a bit more specific? What's the latest that you think it might come out? JQ. ---

Re: Struts In Action - Still up to date?

2005-02-13 Thread Larry Meadors
very soon On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 18:36:55 -0500, David Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > I've looked at Ted Husted's book "Struts in Action" and I think it's > what I'm looking for, but it's a bit long in the tooth, publushed in > Nov 2004. > > Does anyone (including Ted) have any id