Remus Stratulat - On the Stre@m

Well, Struts uses the Model-View-Control Model 2 approach.

There is only one difference between Model 1 and Model 2, Model 2 architecture introduces a controller servlet between the browser and the JSP pages. And that is all.

I have started to learn Struts which is an open source framework for building web applications. There are some nice features in this framework and I am trying now to get a hold on them.

There are more frameworks out there in the Internet realm, some better then others. Here are some of them that I know:

• Krysalis - http://www.kompletecms.com/products/krysalis/overview/, an InterAKT made PHP framework based on a XML/XSLT core that offers SOAP support for web service implementation. Comes along with it’s own IDE - KrysalIDE.
• Fusebox - http://www.fusebox.org/, a framework for ColdFusion, PHP, J2EE and ASP. Is quite popular and the concepts are easy to understand.
• Mach II - http://www.mach-ii.com/. A great supporter of this framework is Sean Corfield which I had the pleasure to meet at CFUN 2004. This framework has evolved from Fusebox MX.
• Struts - http://struts.apache.org/ the framework I learn now.

For sure there are a lot more frameworks but this four are the ones I know. I will return with more on this subject.

Today I am reentering into the Java world.

I have changed my workplace. It has been nice and fun to work for InterAKT and to develop Dreamweaver extensions as I believe that I helped the company become the best in this market. The experience gained there was great. I have learned new technologies and I have become a better person, better team mate as I have polished my people skills under the tutor of some great colleagues.

But the time has come to return to the technology I like most: Java.