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Posted to user@struts.apache.org by Kasinath <ka...@visualsoft-tech.com> on 2002/03/29 16:40:14 UTC
Re: Struts and Velocity
Michael
You cam follow documentation provided with struts
distribution(struts-documentation.war). Deploy this war into any app server
or webserver and go thru.
Also you can download some of the public reviews posted in theserverside.com
for struts
Kasinath
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Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:53 AM
Subject: Struts and Velocity
Hi,
could someone direct me to a good tutorial of how to use struts with
velocity.
Thanks,
Michael
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RE: Struts and Velocity (FOR TED)
Posted by Andrew Hill <an...@gridnode.com>.
Or you can even be wierd like me and use your own techniques.
I for example am manipulating xhtml DOMs at the server side to insert
dynamic data from the beans (and other bean-like things that don't quite
follow the bean rules but look bean-ish (naughty naughty! ;->)).
Im getting to the stage where some rather sweeping changes to the xhtml
layout can be made without touching the source code. On the minus side,
there is quite a bit of initial work involved as one doesn't have the rich
set of struts tags to leverage when one starts.
This approach has the advantage of nicely seperating my layout and chrome
from the java code that inserts dynamic content. -Something JSP (which I
regard as the devils work!) doesn't really do no matter how many taglibs you
throw at it. (Also has the advantage that when an exception is thrown I can
actually find the bit of code that threw it and sometimes even work out
why!)
>From what Ive been told, Velocity (which is a proper template engine) on the
other hand is very good at this sort of thing and well worth a look at.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Husted [mailto:husted@apache.org]
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 06:23
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Struts and Velocity (FOR TED)
If you are using a MVC architecture, technically, the two are
equivalent. JSP tags are designed to expose JavaBeans to the
presentation page, and Velocity is designed to the exactly the same
thing. Velocity uses a tight, interpreted scripting language. JSP tags
are compiled against a standard API. Velocity has View Tools for Struts.
JSPs have the HTML taglib. But both technologies are designed to use the
same overall strategy. One component creates a data transfer object, and
another component (the presentation page) renders it.
Which is preferable is up to the people writing the pages. If the pages
are being written by Java engineers, then JavaServer Pages are a good
way to go. (With Tiles, they are even a great way to go.) If the pages
are being written by page designers with tools designed for static HTML,
then Velocity can be a better choice. The Velocity View Tools for Struts
expose the framework resources as well as the Struts JSP tags do, which
makes the whole thing a Coke/Pepsi issue.
The important thing is that a versatile framework, like Struts, makes it
each to use either or both or switch from one to the other.
-- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US
-- Java Web Development with Struts
-- Tel: +1 585 737-3463
-- Web: http://husted.com/about/services
Jerome Jacobsen wrote:
>
> Ted,
>
> Which presentation technology do you prefer, Velocity or JSP+Struts Tags?
>
> Why?
>
> -Jerome
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Husted [mailto:husted@apache.org]
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 7:14 AM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Struts and Velocity
>
> The Struts Velocity toolset is designed so that you can easily
> substitute Velocity "tools" for the Struts taglibs. It's still
> prerelease, but very solid. You can get it from the CVS and build it, or
> there's a recent snapshot here:
>
> http://www.husted.com/struts/resources/velstruts.zip
>
> -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US
> -- Java Web Development with Struts
> -- Tel: +1 585 737-3463
> -- Web: http://husted.com/about/services
>
> Michael Delamere wrote:
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > I will do that. The reason why I asked is because most of the tutorials
> > seem to concentrate on using jsps rather than velocity.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kasinath" <ka...@visualsoft-tech.com>
> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
> > Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 5:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: Struts and Velocity
> >
> > > Michael
> > > You cam follow documentation provided with struts
> > > distribution(struts-documentation.war). Deploy this war into any app
> > server
> > > or webserver and go thru.
> > > Also you can download some of the public reviews posted in
> > theserverside.com
> > > for struts
> > > Kasinath
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Michael Delamere" <ho...@michael-delamere.de>
> > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:53 AM
> > > Subject: Struts and Velocity
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > could someone direct me to a good tutorial of how to use struts with
> > > velocity.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Michael
>
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Re: Struts and Velocity (FOR TED)
Posted by Ted Husted <hu...@apache.org>.
If you are using a MVC architecture, technically, the two are
equivalent. JSP tags are designed to expose JavaBeans to the
presentation page, and Velocity is designed to the exactly the same
thing. Velocity uses a tight, interpreted scripting language. JSP tags
are compiled against a standard API. Velocity has View Tools for Struts.
JSPs have the HTML taglib. But both technologies are designed to use the
same overall strategy. One component creates a data transfer object, and
another component (the presentation page) renders it.
Which is preferable is up to the people writing the pages. If the pages
are being written by Java engineers, then JavaServer Pages are a good
way to go. (With Tiles, they are even a great way to go.) If the pages
are being written by page designers with tools designed for static HTML,
then Velocity can be a better choice. The Velocity View Tools for Struts
expose the framework resources as well as the Struts JSP tags do, which
makes the whole thing a Coke/Pepsi issue.
The important thing is that a versatile framework, like Struts, makes it
each to use either or both or switch from one to the other.
-- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US
-- Java Web Development with Struts
-- Tel: +1 585 737-3463
-- Web: http://husted.com/about/services
Jerome Jacobsen wrote:
>
> Ted,
>
> Which presentation technology do you prefer, Velocity or JSP+Struts Tags?
>
> Why?
>
> -Jerome
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Husted [mailto:husted@apache.org]
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 7:14 AM
> To: Struts Users Mailing List
> Subject: Re: Struts and Velocity
>
> The Struts Velocity toolset is designed so that you can easily
> substitute Velocity "tools" for the Struts taglibs. It's still
> prerelease, but very solid. You can get it from the CVS and build it, or
> there's a recent snapshot here:
>
> http://www.husted.com/struts/resources/velstruts.zip
>
> -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US
> -- Java Web Development with Struts
> -- Tel: +1 585 737-3463
> -- Web: http://husted.com/about/services
>
> Michael Delamere wrote:
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > I will do that. The reason why I asked is because most of the tutorials
> > seem to concentrate on using jsps rather than velocity.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kasinath" <ka...@visualsoft-tech.com>
> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
> > Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 5:40 PM
> > Subject: Re: Struts and Velocity
> >
> > > Michael
> > > You cam follow documentation provided with struts
> > > distribution(struts-documentation.war). Deploy this war into any app
> > server
> > > or webserver and go thru.
> > > Also you can download some of the public reviews posted in
> > theserverside.com
> > > for struts
> > > Kasinath
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Michael Delamere" <ho...@michael-delamere.de>
> > > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:53 AM
> > > Subject: Struts and Velocity
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > could someone direct me to a good tutorial of how to use struts with
> > > velocity.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Michael
>
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RE: Struts and Velocity (FOR TED)
Posted by Jerome Jacobsen <je...@gentootech.com>.
Ted,
Which presentation technology do you prefer, Velocity or JSP+Struts Tags?
Why?
-Jerome
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Husted [mailto:husted@apache.org]
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 7:14 AM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: Struts and Velocity
The Struts Velocity toolset is designed so that you can easily
substitute Velocity "tools" for the Struts taglibs. It's still
prerelease, but very solid. You can get it from the CVS and build it, or
there's a recent snapshot here:
http://www.husted.com/struts/resources/velstruts.zip
-- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US
-- Java Web Development with Struts
-- Tel: +1 585 737-3463
-- Web: http://husted.com/about/services
Michael Delamere wrote:
>
> Thanks,
>
> I will do that. The reason why I asked is because most of the tutorials
> seem to concentrate on using jsps rather than velocity.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kasinath" <ka...@visualsoft-tech.com>
> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 5:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Struts and Velocity
>
> > Michael
> > You cam follow documentation provided with struts
> > distribution(struts-documentation.war). Deploy this war into any app
> server
> > or webserver and go thru.
> > Also you can download some of the public reviews posted in
> theserverside.com
> > for struts
> > Kasinath
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Delamere" <ho...@michael-delamere.de>
> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
> > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:53 AM
> > Subject: Struts and Velocity
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > could someone direct me to a good tutorial of how to use struts with
> > velocity.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Michael
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Re: Struts and Velocity
Posted by Ted Husted <hu...@apache.org>.
The Struts Velocity toolset is designed so that you can easily
substitute Velocity "tools" for the Struts taglibs. It's still
prerelease, but very solid. You can get it from the CVS and build it, or
there's a recent snapshot here:
http://www.husted.com/struts/resources/velstruts.zip
-- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY US
-- Java Web Development with Struts
-- Tel: +1 585 737-3463
-- Web: http://husted.com/about/services
Michael Delamere wrote:
>
> Thanks,
>
> I will do that. The reason why I asked is because most of the tutorials
> seem to concentrate on using jsps rather than velocity.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kasinath" <ka...@visualsoft-tech.com>
> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 5:40 PM
> Subject: Re: Struts and Velocity
>
> > Michael
> > You cam follow documentation provided with struts
> > distribution(struts-documentation.war). Deploy this war into any app
> server
> > or webserver and go thru.
> > Also you can download some of the public reviews posted in
> theserverside.com
> > for struts
> > Kasinath
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Delamere" <ho...@michael-delamere.de>
> > To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
> > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:53 AM
> > Subject: Struts and Velocity
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > could someone direct me to a good tutorial of how to use struts with
> > velocity.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Michael
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Re: Struts and Velocity
Posted by Michael Delamere <ho...@michael-delamere.de>.
Thanks,
I will do that. The reason why I asked is because most of the tutorials
seem to concentrate on using jsps rather than velocity.
Regards,
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kasinath" <ka...@visualsoft-tech.com>
To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: Struts and Velocity
> Michael
> You cam follow documentation provided with struts
> distribution(struts-documentation.war). Deploy this war into any app
server
> or webserver and go thru.
> Also you can download some of the public reviews posted in
theserverside.com
> for struts
> Kasinath
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Delamere" <ho...@michael-delamere.de>
> To: "Struts Users Mailing List" <st...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 9:53 AM
> Subject: Struts and Velocity
>
>
> Hi,
>
> could someone direct me to a good tutorial of how to use struts with
> velocity.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael
>
>
>
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