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To help keep the content up-to-date, we maintain the Struts 2 Documentation as a Confluence space, which is automatically exported to plain HTML. We serve the HTML version online and bundle it with the distribution. But don't let the wiki format fool you! There are over 600 pages of documentation in this space, easily the equivalent of a full length book. Of course, actual books are also available! |
Apache Struts 2 is an elegant, extensible framework for building enterprise-ready Java web applications. Distributions of Struts 2 are available as a free download under the Apache License. *
- For more about the Apache Struts project itself, visit the project web site.For more about Struts Plugins,
- Quickstart with Struts 2 Maven Archetypes.
- Struts 2 is extended using Plugins. A list of available plugins is available at visit the Struts 2 Plugin Registry.
- Tired of XML-based configurations, or need some extra agility? Try the Convention Plugin or its RESTful cousin, the REST Plugin.
- Interested in books, articles, and presentations about Struts? Check out some Other Resources.
- For other community-supported Struts resources, visit the Struts 2 Wiki.
The contents of the Struts 2 documentation wiki (what you're reading now) are distributed with each release, but maintained via the on-line wiki.
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We've started planning the next version of Struts aka Struts 3 (or 2.5) which will break backward compatibility, if you want to join please add your two cents here. |
Getting Started
The documentation is grouped into four areas.
Our tutorials are designed to help you get started with the framework ASAP. We offer an all-purpose "Bootstrap" tutorial as well as specialty tutorials on portlets and database access. | |
Our in-depth technical guides focus on specific components of the framework, such as the Core framework, Struts Tags, and optional Extensions, as well as migrating from Struts 1 or WebWork 2. | |
Our FAQs and Cookbook examples provide a wide range of rapid-fire "HOWTOs" in question-and-answer format. | |
Our security bulletins explain any security issues and their solutions |
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Books, articles, and presentations |
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Articles
Articles are organized into the categories Adoption and Migration, Ajax, CRUD and Data Access, General, Getting Started.
Adoption and Migration
- Adopting Struts 2.0 (S. Sangeetha and S. V. Subrahmanya)
- Comparing Struts 1 and Struts 2 (Michael Klaene)
- Migrating Struts Apps to Struts 2 (Ian Roughly)
- Migrating to Apache Struts 2: A tutorial for Struts 1 Developers. (Ted Husted)
Ajax
- Ajax CRUD with Struts 2 and Tibco GI (Brian Walsh)
- Ajax programming with Struts 2 (Oleg Mikheev)
- Ajax support in struts 2.0 (Jesintha Priyadarshini L)
- Easy AJAX with Struts 2 (firstpartners.net)
- Struts 2 + Spring 2 + JPA + AJAX (Musachy Barroso)
- (Struts 1) AjaxChat: Chatting, the AJAX Way! (Frank Zammetti)
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- Abhi on Java (Abhi Vuyyuru)
- Macaroni (Ted Husted)
- Mark's Struts 2 Cookbook (Mark Menard)
CRUD and Data Access
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Getting Started
- Getting Started with Struts2 (Wesley Wannemacher)
- Struts 2 from Square One Draft manuscript covering part one of a four-day training course (Ted Husted)
- Struts 2 Tutorial Struts 2 with Spring and Hibernate using Eclipse (ArcTech Software)($)
- Struts 2 Tutorial (Rose India)
Testing
- Action Unit Testing With Struts 2.0
- Integration Testing Struts 2, Spring, and Hibernate JPA
- Unit Testing Struts 2 Actions wired with Spring using JUnit (arsenalist)
Validation
- Struts 2.0 Validations using Annotations (Krishna Srinivasan)
- Validation using Annotations (arsenalist)
Presentations
- Animated Tutorial for Struts2 (Mohammad SeyedAlavi)
- PowerPoint version ZIP download (may not render correctly under OpenOffice)
- PDF version ZIP download (without animation)
- Coding Ajax Applications with Struts (Ted Husted)
- Migrating From Struts 1 to Struts 2 presentation (Matt Raible)
- Retrofitting Struts for Ajax Taglibs (Ted Husted)
- WebWork 2 presentation (Jason Carreira)
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Community Wiki
The Struts 2 Community Wiki is an additional resource. It is not distributed with Struts 2, and contributions to the community wiki do not require a CLA.
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