RE: Controller Servlets?

I just recently moved from Struts to Stripes. I have used Struts for many years and when I tried to move to JSF, Java Server Faces,
I found to many restrictions. I could have used Struts and Faces together, but then I was pointed towards Stripes, which is a
framework that works just like a combination of Faces and Struts.

Talk about kismet :)

Check it out at http://stripes.mc4j.org/confluence/display/stripes/Home

Edward W. Rouse
ComSquared Systems, Inc.
770-734-5301





> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Matt White
> Sent: Wednesday, May 31, 2006 1:47 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Controller Servlets?
>
>
> Help! I've been stuck in a Servlet 2.2 / JSP 1.1 world!
>
> The project I've been working on for years has been based on JSP 1.1
> (because that's what was current at the time it began), and it's
> finally drawing to a close. It worked great, but now it's time to move
> onto something else.
>
> I have a chance to start over fresh with a new project, and I'd really
> like to use something that's a bit more up to date than what I've been
> using up till now. Since I'd fallen so far behind the curve, I've been
> taking time to research what more modern servlet and JSP offerings are
> (versions 2.4 and 2.0, respectively). The "Model 2" concept is new to
> me, but I've read enough about it now that I see the advantages that
> it offers - that is, a controller servlet checking data and passing
> requests onto various JSP pages.
>
> I've looked around at the various frameworks for this, and Struts is
> the one that comes up the most often... but when I look at what Struts
> offers, it seems like there's a lot of overlap between Struts and
> JSP/JSTL these days. Frankly, I'd rather stick with Resin's JSTL
> because of previous bad experiences with Apache software - in order to
> use one library, you have to include a plethora of others, each with
> their own logger and other oddities. (I'd guess it works great if
> you're using 100% Apache software... but seeing as how this is a Resin
> list and not a Tomcat one...) However, if the advantages outweigh the
> disadvantages, I'd get used to it.
>
> Here's my question - if you were able to start over on a web project,
> which framework (if any) would you go with? Is writing my own
> controller servlet and then making gratuitous use of the features in
> JSP/JSTL an insane idea?
>
> Checking the archives, this topic came up before sometime in 2002...
> the web framework landscape has changed considerably since then.
> (AJAX, etc)
>
> Thanks for your thoughts in advance!
>
> - Matt
>