The Expresso team is proud to announce the release of Java's most popular architectural framework. The Expresso 5.5 release includes 60 new features, many feature improvements, package updates, bug fixes as well as significant JavaDoc and documentation updates. Download freely from: http://www.jcorporate.com/expresso.html > Download link (both Expresso source and binaries available).
Highlights of the Expresso 5.5 release include: - Struts 1.1 Integration and enhanced Struts support - JSTL Integration - Enhanced Junit Integration - Updated Log Manager - Refactored Login and Registration Controller - User Login to User ID Automatic lookups and the Mappable Interface - Expresso Component and Configuration Runtime Library Public Preview - DataObject API is interface for data persistence that DBObject now implements - JoinedDataObject (replaces MultiDBObject) - DBObject improvements is where much of this release focuses including several new DBObject methods - DBMaint BLOB Capable among other improvements - XML Stylesheets are First Class Rendering Citizens - SQL Parsing and Range Modifiers - Job scheduling improvements - Enhanced Downloads features - i18n improvements: New Italian Translation, i18n at DBObject Metadata level, and ISO ValidValues - Many Other items including Simple Report Server, logging improvements, Application monitoring improvements etc. You can find a more complete overview on the Release notes: http://www.jcorporate.com/econtent/Content.do?state=resource&resource=113 Please refer to the Change log for the complete list: http://www.jcorporate.com/econtent/Content.do?state=resource&resource=798 Weblog demo and tutorial for Expresso 5.5 are available for download at: http://www.jcorporate.com/econtent/Content.do?state=template&template=2&db=default&resource=767 > Downloads link If it has been some time since you evaluated Expresso, please consider doing so again. Expresso is an open source architectural J2EE framework comprising application development components which extends Struts for developing database-driven web applications. Expresso has about 160,000 downloads and offers the benefit of being the largest framework community - with 34,000 registered developers. Special thanks to Expresso's core development team members Michael Rimov, Michael Traum (Lead Developer), David Lloyd, Larry Hamel and Peter Pilgrim for all of their dedication. These developers are available for contract work from Jcorporate's JGroup Services. This release is also credited to the many community members that have offered their contributions, support and feedback. This collaborative development synergy has created the most stable Expresso release yet. Regards -- The Expresso Team --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]