Re: Struts1 or Struts2

> SInce you are comited to a re-write, go for it.
> Chris
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mitchell, Steven <Steven.Mitchell@...>
> To: Struts Users Mailing List <user@...>
> Sent: Thu, Jun 25, 2009 5:17 pm
> Subject: RE: Struts1 or Struts2
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> Chris,
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> My opinion is that you will take an initial productivity hit while the
> team gets accustomed to the new JSP tags.  That is what took me the
> longest. I also switched from Tiles to SiteMesh, which like much better.
> My recommendation is to pick one person to do the first small, benchmark
> application and then have that person mentor the rest of your team.
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> I went ahead and converted a couple of Struts 1 applications to Struts
> 2.  There is no business justification to do so, but it was an excellent
> learning exercise.
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> The main thing I noticed when I converted my Struts 1 actions to Struts
> 2 was that they were much cleaner with Struts 2.  I standardized the
> basic layout of my actions.
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> public String save() throws Exception {
>      checkForActionErrors();
>      if ( !hasActionErrors() ) {
>           checkForFieldErrors();
>           if ( !hasFieldErrors() ) {
>              // do CRUD stuff here...
>              return SUCCESS;
>           }
>            prepare(); //re-populate stuff in Request scope
>            return INPUT;
>       }
>    }
>    return ERROR;
> }
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> Go for it!
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> Steve Mitchell
> http://www.ByteworksInc.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CRANFORD, CHRIS [mailto:Chris.Cranford@...]
> Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2009 3:29 PM
> To: user@...
> Subject: Struts1 or Struts2
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> My company has used Struts1.1 and Struts1.2 for the development of our
> widely used customer portal web application environment.  Recently, the
> company has decided to migrate to a new back office solution and as a
> part of this project, our customer portal application is needing to be
> rewritten as well.  In an effort to remain on the latest and greatest
> technology stacks, I am considering Struts2 (specifically 2.1.6) versus
> staying on the Struts1.2 framework.
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> Is there a huge benefit in moving to Struts2 for my development team?
> Will less development/configuration/maintenance be required?
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