Li-3 wrote: > > Great job. > > On 7/9/07, James Carr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> congrats guys! >> >> On 7/8/07, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > [Apache Struts Group] Since its release in June 2001, Apache Struts >> > (struts.apache.org) has become the most popular web framework for >> > Java. Six years later, by any objective measure, Struts is still >> > Java's most popular web framework. >> > >> > In February and March 2007, the group released both Struts 1.3.8 and >> > Struts 2.0.6 to the general public, and Struts downloads zoomed to >> > over 340,000 a month from the Apache site alone [1]. And this is just >> > the tip of the iceberg. Most copies of Struts are downloaded from an >> > network of mirrors or obtained from Maven repositories. Meanwhile, >> > monthly page Views for the Struts website soared to over 2.1 million, >> > up from levels of about 1.3 million page views in June 2004. >> > Subscriptions to the Struts mailing lists hold steady at about 3,000 >> > accounts, not counting people who use services like Nabble and GMane. >> > >> > Since the framework's debut, well over twenty books about Apache >> > Struts have been published [2], along with hundreds of online >> > articles, and dozens of third-party extensions [3]. Books and articles >> > devoted to Struts 2 are already appearing. InfoQ has released >> > "Starting with Struts2" both as a free PDF and as a hardcopy book via >> > LuLu.com [4]. Mark Menard has started a Struts 2 cookbook [5], and >> > sites like Rose India and ArcTech are offering extensive Struts 2 >> > tutorials [6]. Many teams are already moving Struts 1 applications to >> > Struts 2, including the popular Apache Roller blogging application >> > [7]. >> > >> > An exciting feature of Struts 2 is configuration-free plugins. >> > Third-party components can be added to the framework just by putting a >> > JAR on the Java classpath. In fact, many of the framework's advanced >> > features are provided by plugins that ship with Struts 2. A plugin >> > repository site is open to the public [8], and several plugins are >> > already available, including plugins for JSON, WebFlow, Google Web >> > Toolkit, and Guice. >> > >> > While there is no lack of choice in the Java framework space, the >> > clear winner with grassroots developers is still Apache Struts. With >> > first-class support for Ajax, JSF, unit testing, and dependency >> > injection, Struts 2 is an excellent choice for teams that want to step >> > forward, without stepping away. >> > >> > Links: >> > >> > [1] - >> http://people.apache.org/~vgritsenko/stats/projects/struts#Downloads-N1008F >> > [2] - >> http://opensource.atlassian.com/confluence/oss/display/BOOKS/Books+about+Struts >> > [3] - http://husted.com/central/ >> > [4] - http://www.lulu.com/content/813300 >> > [5] - http://www.vitarara.org/cms/struts2cookbook >> > [6] - http://www.roseindia.net/struts/struts2/index.shtml and >> > https://www.arctechsoftware.com/tutorial/tutorial.do?subcatId=4 >> > [7] - >> http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ROLLER/What%27s+New+in+Roller+4.0 >> > [8] - http://cwiki.apache.org/S2PLUGINS/home.html >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > > -- > Small win by playing smart > Big win by playing honest > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/-ANN--Struts-Downloads-Skyrocket-in-2007-tf4044764.html#a11575109 Sent from the Struts - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
