Re: [ANN] Struts Downloads Skyrocket in 2007

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> congrats guys!
>
> On 7/8/07, Ted Husted <husted@...> 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
> >
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