Jim, You can download a free IDE called Eclipse, and download and install the Struts plugin. But its more of a code wizard than a true GUI tool like you are use to with DreamweaverMX. I'm not clear if you are an HTML/DHTML coder or a Cold Fusion coder who is making the transition into JSP/Servlet development or not. But if you are use to using Dreamweaver MX for JSP/servlet development, be aware that Dreamweaver cannot use the Struts tag library UNLESS you download and run an exe that will convert the Struts TLD files into the Macromedia equivalent file extension (I can't remember what the custom tag library file extensions are called in Dreamweaver). If so, you can then install the struts custom tag library inside of Dreamweaver, BUT, you cannot render it (or view it) as you could HTML tags.
Check the Macromedia web site for more details. I found the exe file posted there about three months ago, but decided to keep my development inside of Eclipse. Supposedly, if you use the posted exe file, you can create a custom tag library that can be used inside of DreamweaverMX by converting any TLD file into the equivalent file that Dreamweaver uses. I now use Dreamweaver only to template my HTML layout for complex pages, and then I move it into Eclipse and replace the HTML tags with the Struts tag libraries. Hope this info is of some help. Celeste Haseltine, PE MTL, Inc -----Original Message----- From: Jim Alemany [mailto:jalemany@;descartes.com] Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 12:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Visually Developing Struts Pages Hi, I'm a web developer used to building sites/applications with DreamweaverMX and the older Ultradev. I'm now involved in building Struts applciations and would like to know what that best tools/methods are for visually building Struts applications? Any feedback is welcomed. Cheers, Jim -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:struts-user-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
