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Struts cookbook
Hi all,
I am a huge fan of O'Reilly's "cookbooks", which seem to contain a good
deal of useful material for doing all sorts of different things. Today
I thought about the idea of making a Struts cookbook, although two
things would be different from how O'Reilly does it:
1. It wouldn't be a published book, but rather a web site, and
2. I'm not going to be writing all of it
With that in mind, I would like to ask all of you (who I have received
some excellent advice from, by the way) if any of you would be
interested in contributing material to such a web site. I simply don't
have the time or experience to come up with everything, but I'm sure
that collectively we could put something together that could be pretty
slick. I could easily host the site, and perhaps simply organize all
of the information I receive from you. I appreciate all the
information already available with Struts, but I also like it when I
can simply "look it up" and be done with it.
I would like to see recipes posted there that cover everything from how
to do stuff with tags, iBatis, tiles, and whatever else. Even delving
into other stuff like web services and how that ties in with Struts
would be good. I don't want to focus so much on concept as I would
simply how to get something done quickly and easily.
What do you think? Good idea? Dumb idea? I'm interested in your
thoughts on such a thing. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Andy
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Re: Struts cookbook
Posted by Martin Cooper <ma...@apache.org>.
"Hubert Rabago" <ja...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> --- Nick Heudecker <ni...@systemmobile.com> wrote:
> > Wouldn't this be a great use of the (already existing) Struts Wiki?
>
> That's right. I don't think it supports attachments, though.
The current one does not, but we (meaning Struts) will be moving to a new
wiki pretty soon, and that one does support attached files.
--
Martin Cooper
> I really got
> started thinking this way because I was thinking of a personal repository
of
> struts extensions I use in all my projects. It started from that to a
more
> generic cookbook, and that's why the "attachments" remained in my mind
> whenever I thought about it.
>
> Of course from there it (in my mind) it grew to a cookbook containing
helpful
> code samples not just for Struts, but for other frameworks and libraries
as
> well, such as JSTL.
>
> Hubert
>
> > On 2004-Mar-18 13:03, Hubert Rabago wrote:
> > > I've had this idea for months now and actually had some entries
already
> > > written (with full web apps to illustrate) and I've also started
> > collecting
> > > cookbook entries from responses to this mailing list. I was in the
> > process
> > > of writing the app to hold them late last year but got sidetracked.
> > >
> > > So yes, I'm interested and would certainly participate. What did you
> > have in
> > > mind? Where do you plan to host this? What would the interface be?
> > Would
> > > it contain just code samples or would there be some way to also attach
> > actual
> > > files/classes?
> > >
> > > Hubert
> > >
>
>
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Re: Struts cookbook
Posted by Hubert Rabago <ja...@yahoo.com>.
--- Nick Heudecker <ni...@systemmobile.com> wrote:
> Wouldn't this be a great use of the (already existing) Struts Wiki?
That's right. I don't think it supports attachments, though. I really got
started thinking this way because I was thinking of a personal repository of
struts extensions I use in all my projects. It started from that to a more
generic cookbook, and that's why the "attachments" remained in my mind
whenever I thought about it.
Of course from there it (in my mind) it grew to a cookbook containing helpful
code samples not just for Struts, but for other frameworks and libraries as
well, such as JSTL.
Hubert
> On 2004-Mar-18 13:03, Hubert Rabago wrote:
> > I've had this idea for months now and actually had some entries already
> > written (with full web apps to illustrate) and I've also started
> collecting
> > cookbook entries from responses to this mailing list. I was in the
> process
> > of writing the app to hold them late last year but got sidetracked.
> >
> > So yes, I'm interested and would certainly participate. What did you
> have in
> > mind? Where do you plan to host this? What would the interface be?
> Would
> > it contain just code samples or would there be some way to also attach
> actual
> > files/classes?
> >
> > Hubert
> >
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Re: Struts cookbook
Posted by Nick Heudecker <ni...@systemmobile.com>.
Wouldn't this be a great use of the (already existing) Struts Wiki?
On 2004-Mar-18 13:03, Hubert Rabago wrote:
> I've had this idea for months now and actually had some entries already
> written (with full web apps to illustrate) and I've also started collecting
> cookbook entries from responses to this mailing list. I was in the process
> of writing the app to hold them late last year but got sidetracked.
>
> So yes, I'm interested and would certainly participate. What did you have in
> mind? Where do you plan to host this? What would the interface be? Would
> it contain just code samples or would there be some way to also attach actual
> files/classes?
>
> Hubert
>
>
> --- Andy Engle <st...@andyengle.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am a huge fan of O'Reilly's "cookbooks", which seem to contain a good
> > deal of useful material for doing all sorts of different things. Today
> > I thought about the idea of making a Struts cookbook, although two
> > things would be different from how O'Reilly does it:
> >
> > 1. It wouldn't be a published book, but rather a web site, and
> > 2. I'm not going to be writing all of it
> >
> > With that in mind, I would like to ask all of you (who I have received
> > some excellent advice from, by the way) if any of you would be
> > interested in contributing material to such a web site. I simply don't
> > have the time or experience to come up with everything, but I'm sure
> > that collectively we could put something together that could be pretty
> > slick. I could easily host the site, and perhaps simply organize all
> > of the information I receive from you. I appreciate all the
> > information already available with Struts, but I also like it when I
> > can simply "look it up" and be done with it.
> >
> > I would like to see recipes posted there that cover everything from how
> > to do stuff with tags, iBatis, tiles, and whatever else. Even delving
> > into other stuff like web services and how that ties in with Struts
> > would be good. I don't want to focus so much on concept as I would
> > simply how to get something done quickly and easily.
> >
> > What do you think? Good idea? Dumb idea? I'm interested in your
> > thoughts on such a thing. Looking forward to hearing from you.
> >
> >
> > Regards,
> > Andy
>
>
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Re: Struts cookbook
Posted by Hubert Rabago <ja...@yahoo.com>.
Yup, sounds like something that the StrutsProjectPages can already fulfill.
:)
--- Andy Engle <st...@andyengle.com> wrote:
> Hubert Rabago <ja...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > I've had this idea for months now and actually had some entries
> > already written (with full web apps to illustrate) and I've also
> > started collecting cookbook entries from responses to this mailing
> > list.
>
> Ahh ok, good deal.
>
>
> > So yes, I'm interested and would certainly participate. What did you
> > have in mind?
>
> I thought it would be best if it is easy to use. So, the index page
> would be an index, but more like a table of contents. Everything would
> be broken down into sections, and then beneath each section would be
> the recipes that would be placed in that section, all of which would be
> links to the recipes.
>
>
> > Where do you plan to host this?
>
> I have some space where we can host it.
>
>
> > What would the interface be?
>
> Well, nothing more than HTML and perhaps a few graphics here and there
> to make it look decent. But not too decent; this is, after all, a
> technical web site. :)
>
>
> > Would it contain just code samples or would there be some way to
> > also attach actual files/classes?
>
> I thought it best to just have source code, and then perhaps a "links"
> page where visitors could go to download materials, such as a link to
> the Struts page, a link to reumann.net, and so on. I really want to
> focus on the ease of use and usefulness aspects of the site.
>
> As far as receiving material is concerned, perhaps that could be best
> accomplished by a page with a form on it where we could collect the
> author's name, e-mail address, topic, and then a textarea where they
> could write their recipe. From there, we'd receive it and simply post
> it onto the site, hopefully with very little/no editing involved. When
> the recipe(s) are posted, the author's name will be included at the top
> of the page, along with maybe some sort of optional method to contact
> the author.
>
>
> Andy
>
>
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Re: Struts cookbook
Posted by Andy Engle <st...@andyengle.com>.
Hubert Rabago <ja...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've had this idea for months now and actually had some entries
> already written (with full web apps to illustrate) and I've also
> started collecting cookbook entries from responses to this mailing
> list.
Ahh ok, good deal.
> So yes, I'm interested and would certainly participate. What did you
> have in mind?
I thought it would be best if it is easy to use. So, the index page
would be an index, but more like a table of contents. Everything would
be broken down into sections, and then beneath each section would be
the recipes that would be placed in that section, all of which would be
links to the recipes.
> Where do you plan to host this?
I have some space where we can host it.
> What would the interface be?
Well, nothing more than HTML and perhaps a few graphics here and there
to make it look decent. But not too decent; this is, after all, a
technical web site. :)
> Would it contain just code samples or would there be some way to
> also attach actual files/classes?
I thought it best to just have source code, and then perhaps a "links"
page where visitors could go to download materials, such as a link to
the Struts page, a link to reumann.net, and so on. I really want to
focus on the ease of use and usefulness aspects of the site.
As far as receiving material is concerned, perhaps that could be best
accomplished by a page with a form on it where we could collect the
author's name, e-mail address, topic, and then a textarea where they
could write their recipe. From there, we'd receive it and simply post
it onto the site, hopefully with very little/no editing involved. When
the recipe(s) are posted, the author's name will be included at the top
of the page, along with maybe some sort of optional method to contact
the author.
Andy
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Re: Struts cookbook
Posted by Hubert Rabago <ja...@yahoo.com>.
I've had this idea for months now and actually had some entries already
written (with full web apps to illustrate) and I've also started collecting
cookbook entries from responses to this mailing list. I was in the process
of writing the app to hold them late last year but got sidetracked.
So yes, I'm interested and would certainly participate. What did you have in
mind? Where do you plan to host this? What would the interface be? Would
it contain just code samples or would there be some way to also attach actual
files/classes?
Hubert
--- Andy Engle <st...@andyengle.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am a huge fan of O'Reilly's "cookbooks", which seem to contain a good
> deal of useful material for doing all sorts of different things. Today
> I thought about the idea of making a Struts cookbook, although two
> things would be different from how O'Reilly does it:
>
> 1. It wouldn't be a published book, but rather a web site, and
> 2. I'm not going to be writing all of it
>
> With that in mind, I would like to ask all of you (who I have received
> some excellent advice from, by the way) if any of you would be
> interested in contributing material to such a web site. I simply don't
> have the time or experience to come up with everything, but I'm sure
> that collectively we could put something together that could be pretty
> slick. I could easily host the site, and perhaps simply organize all
> of the information I receive from you. I appreciate all the
> information already available with Struts, but I also like it when I
> can simply "look it up" and be done with it.
>
> I would like to see recipes posted there that cover everything from how
> to do stuff with tags, iBatis, tiles, and whatever else. Even delving
> into other stuff like web services and how that ties in with Struts
> would be good. I don't want to focus so much on concept as I would
> simply how to get something done quickly and easily.
>
> What do you think? Good idea? Dumb idea? I'm interested in your
> thoughts on such a thing. Looking forward to hearing from you.
>
>
> Regards,
> Andy
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