Struts is one of the most popular MVC-based frameworks for developing Java enterprise applications. Since Struts 1.x has reached its end of line and is no longer supported, Struts 2.x becomes more and more popular and widely adopted. So this article only covers review for Struts 2 books. Here are the recommended titles:

• • Struts 2 Design and Programming: A Tutorial
  • Apache Struts 2 Web Application Development
  • Struts 2 in Action

1. Struts 2 Design and Programming: A Tutorial

Author: Budi Kurniawan

Publisher: BrainySoftware

Published Date: January 25^th 2008

Paperback: 576 pages

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Content Coverage:

• • Struts Overview.
  • Model 2 Applications.
  • Starting with Struts.
  • Actions and Results.
  • OGNL.
  • Form Tags.
  • Generic Tags.
  • Type Conversion.
  • Input Validation.
  • Message Handling and Internationalization.
  • Model Driven and Prepare Interceptors.
  • The Persistence Layer.
  • File Download.
  • Securing Struts Applications.
  • Preventing Double Submits.
  • Debugging and Profiling.
  • Progress Meters.
  • Custom Interceptors.
  • Custom Result Types.
  • Velocity, FreeMarker, and XSLT Results.
  • Plug-ins, The Tiles Plug-in, and JFreeChart Plug-ins.
  • Zero Configuration (CodeBehind Plug-in).
  • AJAX.

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2. Apache Struts 2 Web Application Development

Author: Dave Newton

Publisher: Packt Publishing

Published Date: June 15^th 2009

Paperback: 384 pages

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Content Coverage:

• • Struts and Agile Development.
  • Basic Configuration.
  • Actions and ActionSupport.
  • Results and Result Types.
  • OGNL, the Value Stack, and Custom Tags.
  • Form Tags.
  • Form Validation and Type Conversion.
  • Interceptors.
  • Exceptions and Logging.
  • Getting Started with Javascript.
  • Advanced Javascript, the DOM, and CSS.
  • Themes and Templates.
  • Rich Internet Applications.
  • Comprehensive Testing.
  • Documenting our application

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3. Struts 2 in Action

Author: Donald Brown, Chad Michael Davis, Scott Stanlick

Publisher: Manning Publications

Published Date: May 1^st 2008

Paperback: 432 pages

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Content Coverage:

• • Struts 2: A Brand New Framework

1. • • Struts 2: the modern web application framework.
     • Saying hello to Struts 2.

• • Core Concepts: Actions, Interceptors, and Type Conversion

1. • • Working with Struts 2 actions.
     • Adding workflow with interceptors.
     • Data transfer: OGNL and type conversion.

• • Building the View: Tags and Results

1. • • Building a view: tags.
     • UI component tags.
     • Results in detail.

• • Improving Your Application

1. • • Integrating with Spring and Hibernate/JPA.
     • Exploring the validation framework.
     • Understanding internationalization.

• • Advanced Topics and Best Practices

1. • • Extending Struts 2 with plug-ins.
     • Best practices.
     • Migration from Struts classic.
     • Advanced topics:

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