* This unique approach to Velocity shows how to use Velocity not just for the Web, but also for desktop applications, command line util and Ant integration. * Shows how to build practical, usable projects that are not re-hashed from the documentation. * An entire chapter is dedicated to the implementation and architecture of Velocity. This is a very practical way to introduce best practices.

Pro Spring 2 is the perfect, simple answer for your lightweight, alternative Java EE development needs! Put simply, this book brings J2EE/Java EE "down to earth." Without the hassles of using the EJB 3 specification and similar, you can build lighter, better-performing agile enterprise Java-based applications using Spring Framework 2. The Spring framework can also integrate other noteworthy and hot open source tools like Apache Struts, Hibernate, OpenJPA, GlassFish, and many more. You’ll work through a real, scalable enterprise application and build it from the ground up with Spring, using all the multiple web views and frameworks.

What is this book about? The Apache Software Foundation's Jakarta Struts remains the most popular Java framework for building enterprise-level Web applications. In the first book to cover the extensive new features of the final release of Struts 1.1, the authors present the technical and conceptual information you need to design, build, and deploy sophisticated Struts 1.1 applications. What does this book cover? This book covers everything you need to know about Struts and its supporting technologies, including JSPs, servlets, Web applications, the Jakarta-Tomcat JSP/servlet container, and much more. Here are just a few of the things you'll find in this book: The Jakarta Struts Model 2 architecture and its supporting components How to get started with Struts and build your own components How to work with the Commons Validator, ActionForms, and DynaActionForms Techniques for customizing the Controlle Ways to maximize your presentation pages with Tiles How to internationalize your Struts applications Tips for managing errors and debugging Struts applications Who is this book for? This book is for Java developers who want to build sophisticated, enterprise-level Web applications using the final production release of Struts 1.1.

* This book offers a clear path of discovery into VS .NET to get you comfortable with it and then demonstrates how to effectively tweak it to the development need. * Very well received original edition : >9000 sales before liquidation forced de-stock. * Offers a look forward to Visual Studio.NET (Whidbey). * Joins with our family of Visual Studio.NET books from Apress: This book + 1590590260 Writing Add-Ins for Visual Studio.NET (Les Smith)+ 1-59059-042-2 Enterprise Development with Visual Studio .NET, UML, and MSF (Hansen, Thomsen).

The only current developer-driven book positioned and based on Apache Struts 1.2 (which is still the most widely used and most popular MVC-based web application development framework) Condensed tutorial and lab format, where material has been tested in actual class settings Includes some preview coverage of the next generation of Struts (2.x), otherwise known as Apache Shale

* 1st and only book to market on the open source Spring MVC and Web Flows, positioned to become the new "Struts." * Will be the only authoritative solution, by the Spring MVC and Spring Web Flows project leads themselves. * Two markets for this book. 1) Ex-patriots from the Struts world who have developed numerous web applications, but are looking for more and willing to take the initiative to experiment with new solutions; and 2) early adopter web developers into Web Flow, which has created a lot of buzz and will generate interest around this book as well as Spring MVC.

In this book, the authors take an application-centric approach: the development of an application drives the Struts along with Ajax coverage, rather than the other way around. Chapter titles include: What We Do Wrong: Web Antipatterns Explained; Managing Business Logic with Struts; Architecting the Data Access Tier with ObjectRelationalBridge; Building Flexible Front-Ends with the Tiles Framework; Dynamic Forms using Ajax and the Struts Validator Framework; Speeding Struts Development with XDoclet, and Logging and Debugging. Appendices discuss JavaEdge setup, Struts development tools, and Apache Struts Ti/WebWork. The end result: you will learn to use Struts very effectively!