You also mention that you are on 1.0
1.1 has many more features that further reduce coding time.  Play around
with DynaValidatorForm for instance...


On Wed, 2003-01-22 at 16:07, Gene Campbell wrote:
> I've been using Struts (1.0) for a few months now, and
> I'm not seeing a big advantage to using it other than
> that it does Model 2 (which is very very wise) and
> hides some of the heavy lifting.  
> 
> ActionForms get you server side form validation and
> HTTP parameters->bean mapping.  
> 
> The taglibs get you reduced scriplet code and hooks to
> the form bean.
> 
> Actions get you a clean place to write controller code
> and a way to easily forward to presentation jsps.
> 
> Is that all Struts does?  Or are there features I'm
> missing?  Is it just a framework abstracting away the
> easy stuff into easier stuff?
> 
> I'm not trying to start a war - I'm sorry if I'm
> coming of antagonistic.  I'm not intending any ill
> will.  I'm just having a hard time figuring out why
> Struts is so popular.  
> 
> thanks - gene
> 
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