Interview Tutorials
71. Interview Question: Do you have to credit Struts on your own website?
By: Ash : 2008-08-13
Description: You need to credit Struts if you redistribute your own framework based on Struts for other people to use. (See the Apache License for details.) But you do not need to credit Struts just because your web application utilizes the framework. It's the same situation as using the Apache HTTPD server or Tomcat. Not required if its just running your web site.
72. Interview Question: Where can I get a copy of Struts?
By: Ash : 2008-08-13
Description: The best place to download Struts is at struts.apache.org. The nightly builds are very stable, and recommended as the best place to start today.
73. Interview Question: How do I install Struts?
By: Ash : 2008-08-13
Description: To develop applications with Struts, you can usually just add the Struts JAR file to your Java development environment. You can then start using the Struts classes as part of your own application.
74. Interview Question: Does Struts include its own unit tests?
By: Ash : 2008-08-13
Description: Struts currently has two testing environments, to reflect the fact that some things can be tested statically, and some really need to be done in the environment of a running servlet container.
75. Interview Question: Where can I get help with Struts?
By: Ash : 2008-08-13
Description: The Struts package comes complete with a Users Guide to introduce people to the framework and its underlying technologies. Various components also have their own in-depth Developers Guide, to cover more advanced topics.
76. Interview Question: Why aren't the Struts tags maintained as part of the Jakarta Taglibs project ?
By: Ash : 2008-08-13
Description: Development of both products began about the same time. Leading up to the release of 1.0, it was thought better to continue to develop the taglibs alongside the controller.
77. Interview Question: What is ActionServlet?
By: Ash : 2008-08-13
Description: The class org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet is the called the ActionServlet. In the the Jakarta Struts Framework this class plays the role of controller. All the requests to the server goes through the controller. Controller is responsible for handling all the requests.
78. Interview Question: If the framework doesn't do what I want, can I request that a feature be added?
By: Ash : 2008-08-13
Description: First, it's important to remember that Struts is an all-volunteer project. We don't charge anyone anything to use Struts. Committers and other developers work on Struts because they need to use it with their own applications.
79. Interview Question: What about JSTL and JavaServer Faces ?
By: Ash : 2008-08-13
Description: JSTL, the JavaServer Standard Tag Library, is a set of JSP tags that are designed to make it easier to develop Web applications. JavaServer Faces (JSF) is a specification for a new technology that promises to make it easier to write MVC applications, both for the Web and for the desktop.
80. Interview Question: Is there a particularly good IDE to use with Struts ?
By: Ash : 2008-08-13
Description: Struts should work well with any development environment that you would like to use, as well as with any programmers editor. The members of the Struts development team each use their own tools such as Emacs, IDEA, Eclipse, and NetBeans.