WebWork in Action
A hands-on look at the future of Struts
Who is Patrick?
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Founder of Autoriginate, Inc.
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Previously worked for Jive Software
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Founder of OpenQA - open source QA
tools
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President of OpenSymphony Group, Inc.
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Author of WebWork in Action (free copies!)
Introduction
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Overview of WebWork
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Comparison to other frameworks
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About the Struts merger
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WebWork basics: validation, tags, and more
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Rapid development with WebWork
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AJAX Support
Overview: WebWork...
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Is built upon the Command Pattern
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Works directly with POJOs
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Uses OGNL for expression language and data binding
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Has an advanced validation framework
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Includes an extensible widget system
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Supports JSP, Velocity, FreeMarker, Jasper Reports, XSLT, and
other view technologies
Core Concepts
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Three key pieces:
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Actions (POJOs, ActionSupport)
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Results
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Interceptors
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No “form beans”: the action is the model
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Value stack allows loose coupling
