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Defending Struts

Comments[1] by Dave in Java

Matt posted the #java chat-channel FAQ's recent critisms of Struts to the Struts mailing list, provoking Ted Husted to come to the defense of Struts. Ted took apart the criticisms one-by-one and left the attacker with nothing but a lame argument "not really quantifiable through bullet points" that "Struts just feels wrong."

Even without those bullets the #java FAQ author continued to fight on with a rebuttal that explains "#java tends to sneer at morons who feel that Struts is THE WAY." Ah, now I understand. The FAQ question should rephrased. It should not be "why are people so down on Struts?" The real FAQ is "why are the snotty geeks in this chat room so annoyed by Struts?" The answer is simple: sour grapes.

I'm sure that there are plenty of valid criticisms of Struts, and that nobody wants to hear those criticisms more than the Struts contributors themselves. Tell them.


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Ted Husted's book provides a good list of pros *and* cons of Struts. Struts is not magic. It is not perfect. It has, however, evolved into a very good framework for web application development.

Posted by brad smith on December 12, 2002 at 11:26 AM EST #

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