Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-29 Thread joe a.
I got my first app up by following the tutorial in Jakarta Struts Live It taught me how to use the validation framework to get enterprise level form validation up and running. It took me a while to get it right, but I think I would have been hopeless without it ! On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 14:58:50 +1

Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-29 Thread Sebastian Hennebrueder
I liked the book Struts Survival Guide which is available here http://www.objectsource.com/ It is not a basic book but provides solutions for typical problems. Regards Sebastian www.laliluna.de - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PRO

Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-29 Thread Bill Siggelkow
Patience grasshopper ... Varley, Roger wrote: Is there a "definitive" resource anywhere for Struts tips, patterns and example code for common problems/questions ( possibly something like O'Reillys Cookbook books). Whilst you may be right that many of the googled solutions are bad solutions, the pro

Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-29 Thread gus
I strongly recommend the book "Jakarta Struts" by O'Reilly. This book clears up a whole bunch on how the framework all comes together and also offers insight on some of the more advanced features of struts. It's a good book to skim over and then later use as a reference when you have questions on

RE: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-29 Thread Rudi Doku
Have you looked at Struts for Dummies? It's not a good bad book to start with. Several good examples with detailed explanation. --- "Varley, Roger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I know what you are saying, Langdon, but warn you > that a lot of those > > solutions on the Googling are

Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-29 Thread Michael McGrady
Varley, Roger wrote: I know what you are saying, Langdon, but warn you that a lot of those solutions on the Googling are really poor solutions. I am sure you know that already. Is there a "definitive" resource anywhere for Struts tips, patterns and example code for common problems/questi

Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-29 Thread Langdon Stevenson
I know what you are saying, Langdon, but warn you that a lot of those solutions on the Googling are really poor solutions. I am sure you know that already. Is there a "definitive" resource anywhere for Struts tips, patterns and example code for common problems/questions ( possibly something li

RE: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-29 Thread Varley, Roger
> > > I know what you are saying, Langdon, but warn you that a lot of those > solutions on the Googling are really poor solutions. I am > sure you know > that already. > Is there a "definitive" resource anywhere for Struts tips, patterns and example code for common problems/questions ( pos

Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-29 Thread Michael McGrady
Craig McClanahan wrote: On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:12:58 -0700, Michael McGrady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I know what you are saying, Langdon, but warn you that a lot of those solutions on the Googling are really poor solutions. I am sure you know that already. Your definition of "a lot" must

Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-28 Thread M. Onur Tokan
hi, for deeper coverage of what is happening behind the sceens, look for "Struts in Action" Manning Book On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 22:08:25 -0700, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:12:58 -0700, Michael McGrady > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I know what you are s

Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-28 Thread Craig McClanahan
On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 20:12:58 -0700, Michael McGrady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I know what you are saying, Langdon, but warn you that a lot of those > solutions on the Googling are really poor solutions. I am sure you know > that already. > Your definition of "a lot" must be quite different

Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-28 Thread Frank W. Zammetti
Two books I know of are pretty good... "Struts Survival Guide" http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0974848808/qid=1096432379/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-6689712-8125649?v=glance&s=books and "Programming Jakarta Struts" http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596003285/qid=1096432414/sr=ka-1/ref

Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-28 Thread Langdon Stevenson
Hi I am in a pretty similar position to you in that I am now to Struts (also new to Java). I downloaded the Jakata Struts Live PDF document and worked through the tutorials there in. See: http://www.theserverside.com/books/sourcebeat/JakartaStrutsLive/index.tss Others in my team have the book

Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-28 Thread Michael McGrady
Langdon Stevenson wrote: Hi I am in a pretty similar position to you in that I am now to Struts (also new to Java). I downloaded the Jakata Struts Live PDF document and worked through the tutorials there in. See: http://www.theserverside.com/books/sourcebeat/JakartaStrutsLive/index.tss Others

Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-28 Thread Langdon Stevenson
Hi I am in a pretty similar position to you in that I am now to Struts (also new to Java). I downloaded the Jakata Struts Live PDF document and worked through the tutorials there in. See: http://www.theserverside.com/books/sourcebeat/JakartaStrutsLive/index.tss Others in my team have the book

Re: Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-28 Thread Michael McGrady
struts Dude wrote: Hello, Just want to get some advice on buying a book. I have the book 'Struts in Action' already, thinking of buying the other book 'Programming Jakarta Struts' 2nd editn to complement it. Now is this a waste of $ ?? What does someone who have both books think. BTW, I am not e

Seeking advice for buying a Struts book

2004-09-28 Thread struts Dude
Hello, Just want to get some advice on buying a book. I have the book 'Struts in Action' already, thinking of buying the other book 'Programming Jakarta Struts' 2nd editn to complement it. Now is this a waste of $ ?? What does someone who have both books think. BTW, I am not experienced Struts d