is struts still a valid option?

[Elhanan]

hi..

somone has told that struts is no longer a viable option as JSF will
take it's place, and any new web application should not use struts.

 

[Viator]

Well struts is around for many years now and already a vast majority of
J2EE developers are using it in projects. JSF is cetrainly more
powerful and flexible than struts. But, it will take a while for JSF to
replace struts if ever it succeds in doing that.
For a comparison see:
http://websphere.sys-con.com/read/46516.htm

 

[Bryce]

hi..

somone has told that struts is no longer a viable option as JSF will
take it's place, and any new web application should not use struts.

Why not? Struts is still as useful as it was a few years ago. Granted,
there are many more options out there, such as JSF, WebWork, Tapestry,
Spring MVC, just to name a few.

Does this mean that Struts is not a viable option? No.

 

[Thomas Hawtin]

somone has told that struts is no longer a viable option as JSF will
take it's place, and any new web application should not use struts.

It looks to me as if JSF is having an extended period of being unproven.
It's all a bit (pre-Java EE 5) EJB.

With respect to Struts, it's probably worth taking a look at this thread
"WebWork merging with Struts to become Struts Ti" on theserverside.

http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=37794

Tom Hawtin