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| title: Announcements 2002 |
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| <h1>Announcements - 2002 and prior</h1> |
| |
| <h4 id="S20021231">31 Dec 2002 - Struts 1.1 Beta 3 Released</h4> |
| <p>The Struts team is proud to announce the release of Struts 1.1 |
| Beta 3. This |
| release includes significant new functionality, while |
| retaining full |
| backwards compatibility with earlier versions of Struts. It |
| also |
| incorporates fixes for a number of bugs which were reported |
| against earlier |
| versions. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/binaries/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| and the source distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/source/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| In addition, the library distribution, which contains updated |
| binaries |
| without the sample applications, is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/"> |
| http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/struts/library/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Details of the changes in this release are available in the |
| Release Notes, |
| which can be found here: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-b3.html"> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-b3.html</a> |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20020813">12 Aug 2002 - Struts 1.1 Beta 2 Released</h4> |
| <p>The Struts team is proud to announce the release of Struts 1.1 |
| Beta 2. This |
| release includes significant new functionality, while |
| retaining full |
| backwards compatibility with earlier versions of Struts. It |
| also |
| incorporates fixes for a number of bugs which were reported |
| against earlier |
| versions. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/"> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| and the source distribution is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/src/"> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/src/</a> |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| In addition, the library distribution, which contains updated |
| binaries |
| without the sample applications, is available at: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b2/lib/ |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Details of the changes in this release are available in the |
| Release Notes, |
| which can be found here: |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/userGuide/release-notes-1.1-b2.html |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20020319">19 Mar 2002 - Struts 1.1 Beta 1 Released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team announces the release of Struts 1.1 Beta 1. |
| This release |
| includes substantial new functionality, while retaining full |
| backwards |
| compatibility with earlier versions of Struts. It also |
| incorporates fixes |
| for a number of bugs which were reported against earlier |
| versions. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution for this release is available |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b1/"> |
| <strong>here</strong> |
| </a> |
| and the source distribution |
| is available |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b1/src/"> |
| <strong>here</strong> |
| </a> |
| . |
| In addition, a library distribution, which consists of a |
| minimal |
| binary distribution, without sample web applications or |
| additional code, is |
| available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.1-b1/lib/"> |
| <strong>here</strong> |
| </a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20020211">11 Feb 2002 - Struts 1.0.2 Released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team announces the release of Struts 1.0.2. This |
| release is a |
| bug fix only release, which fixes a compatibility problem |
| inadvertently introduced |
| with the previous 1.0.1 release. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution for this release is available |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.2/"> |
| <strong>here</strong> |
| </a> |
| and the source distribution |
| is available |
| <a href="http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.2/src/"> |
| <strong>here</strong> |
| </a> |
| . |
| In addition, a library distribution, which consists of a |
| minimal |
| binary distribution, without sample web applications or |
| additional code, is |
| available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.2/lib/"> |
| <strong>here</strong> |
| </a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| <h4 id="a20020112">12 Jan 2002 - Struts 1.0.1 Released</h4> |
| <p> |
| The Struts team is proud to announce the release of Struts |
| 1.0.1. This |
| release is primarily a bug fix release, which fixes a number |
| of known |
| problems with the previous 1.0 release. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| The binary distribution for this release is available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.1/"> |
| here</a> |
| and the source distribution is available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.1/src/"> |
| here</a> |
| . |
| In addition, a library distribution, which consists of a |
| minimal binary distribution, |
| without sample web applications or additional code, is |
| available |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/jakarta/jakarta-struts/release/v1.0.1/lib/"> |
| here</a> |
| . |
| </p> |
| <hr/> |
| |
| |
| <h4 id="a20010615">15 Jun 2001 - Struts 1.0 Released</h4> |
| |
| <p> |
| The production release of Struts 1.0, an open source framework |
| for building Web applications, is now available for download |
| at jakarta.apache.org. Struts encourages application |
| architectures based on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern |
| and provides services common |
| to most Web applications. Struts helps developers deploy |
| products that are reliable, scaleable, and easier to maintain. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The Struts framework offers services in three primary areas: |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| * A controller servlet to dispatch requests to specific Action |
| classes (provided by the application developer). |
| <br/> |
| * JSP custom tags to help developers create interactive |
| form-based applications. |
| <br/> |
| * Utility classes for XML parsing, automatic JavaBean |
| population, and internationalization of prompts and messages. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Struts' support for internationalization builds on top of the |
| Java Locale API, and have made it a popular choice for |
| applications worldwide. Struts contributors include developers |
| from Australia, France, Russia, and other parts of the globe. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| In addition to the Struts official distribution, several |
| third-party libraries are already available, which offer |
| enhanced support for JSP templates, HTML form validation, and |
| automatic JavaBean creation. Struts has also been integrated |
| with the Expresso Framework distributed by |
| JCorporate Ltd. (jcorporate.com). |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Struts can be used with a J2EE Application server to deploy |
| distributed applications, but will run under any compliant |
| Servlet container (Servlet API 2.2+, JSP 1.1+), including |
| Tomcat 3.2 or later. In fact, Struts is already used as an |
| informal compliance test for Java Servlet |
| containers and J2EE Application servers |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| The Struts project was founded in May 2000 by Craig |
| McClanahan. McClanahan is also the lead developer of Tomcat |
| 4.0, Sun's reference implementation for Java Servlet and |
| ServerPage containers. Both Tomcat and Struts are open source |
| available under the Apache Software License, |
| and may be downloaded at jakarta.apache.org. |
| </p> |
| |
| <p> |
| Twenty-six independent developers contributed to the creation |
| of Struts 1.0, with the help of over 1300 subscribers to the |
| Struts mailing lists. |
| <br/> |
| </p> |
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