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| <h1 class="no_toc" id="kickstart-faq">Kickstart FAQ</h1> |
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| <ul id="markdown-toc"> |
| <li><a href="#general" id="markdown-toc-general">General</a> <ul> |
| <li><a href="#im-new-to-apache-struts-how-do-i-get-started" id="markdown-toc-im-new-to-apache-struts-how-do-i-get-started">I’m new to Apache Struts. How do I get started?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#releases" id="markdown-toc-releases">Looking at the releases page, some versions seem to be missing. What happened to them?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#why-is-the-project-called-struts" id="markdown-toc-why-is-the-project-called-struts">Why is the project called “Struts”?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#how-is-apache-struts-licensed" id="markdown-toc-how-is-apache-struts-licensed">How is Apache Struts licensed?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#can-apache-struts-be-used-in-a-commercial-product" id="markdown-toc-can-apache-struts-be-used-in-a-commercial-product">Can Apache Struts be used in a commercial product?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#do-i-have-to-credit-apache-struts-on-my-own-web-site" id="markdown-toc-do-i-have-to-credit-apache-struts-on-my-own-web-site">Do I have to credit Apache Struts on my own web site?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#are-there-isps-that-will-host-my-java-web-application" id="markdown-toc-are-there-isps-that-will-host-my-java-web-application">Are there ISPs that will host my Java web application?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#is-there-a-particularly-good-ide-to-use" id="markdown-toc-is-there-a-particularly-good-ide-to-use">Is there a particularly good IDE to use?</a></li> |
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| <li><a href="#product-support" id="markdown-toc-product-support">Product Support</a> <ul> |
| <li><a href="#where-can-i-get-help-with-apache-struts" id="markdown-toc-where-can-i-get-help-with-apache-struts">Where can I get help with Apache Struts?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#is-commercial-support-available" id="markdown-toc-is-commercial-support-available">Is commercial support available?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#if-a-product-doesnt-do-what-i-want-can-i-request-that-a-feature-be-added" id="markdown-toc-if-a-product-doesnt-do-what-i-want-can-i-request-that-a-feature-be-added">If a product doesn’t do what I want, can I request that a feature be added?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#is-there-a-press-kit-for-apache-struts" id="markdown-toc-is-there-a-press-kit-for-apache-struts">Is there a press kit for Apache Struts?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#where-can-i-report-a-potential-security-vulnerability" id="markdown-toc-where-can-i-report-a-potential-security-vulnerability">Where can I report a potential security vulnerability?</a></li> |
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| <li><a href="#mailing-lists" id="markdown-toc-mailing-lists">Mailing Lists</a> <ul> |
| <li><a href="#is-there-a-digest-for-the-user-list" id="markdown-toc-is-there-a-digest-for-the-user-list">Is there a digest for the User list?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#is-there-an-apache-struts-newsgroup" id="markdown-toc-is-there-an-apache-struts-newsgroup">Is there an Apache Struts newsgroup?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#why-didnt-my-posting-show-up-on-the-user-list" id="markdown-toc-why-didnt-my-posting-show-up-on-the-user-list">Why didn’t my posting show up on the user list?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#are-there-separate-user-lists-for-struts-1-and-struts-2" id="markdown-toc-are-there-separate-user-lists-for-struts-1-and-struts-2">Are there separate user lists for Struts 1 and Struts 2?</a></li> |
| <li><a href="#how-do-i-unsubscribe-from-the-mailing-list" id="markdown-toc-how-do-i-unsubscribe-from-the-mailing-list">How do I unsubscribe from the mailing list?</a></li> |
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| <h2 id="general">General</h2> |
| |
| <h3 id="im-new-to-apache-struts-how-do-i-get-started">I’m new to Apache Struts. How do I get started?</h3> |
| |
| <p>The best place to start is with the “best available” <a href="releases">release</a>. |
| If you are new to Java or web development, as well as Apache Struts, be sure to review the |
| <a href="primer">Key Technologies Primer</a>.</p> |
| |
| <p>The main Struts web site includes documentation for the latest “General Availability” release |
| in each major release series. The development section of the site inclues draft documentation |
| for upcoming releases. If you are just getting started, focus on the latest General |
| Availability release, Documentation for past <a href="releases">releases</a> is also available.</p> |
| |
| <p>If you have questions, you can search the <a href="mail.html#archives">User Mailing List archives</a>, |
| or <a href="mail">post your own question to the list</a>. (Plain old Google usually works too!)</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="releases">Looking at the releases page, some versions seem to be missing. What happened to them?</h3> |
| |
| <p>Apache Struts uses a “milestone build” system to create releases. First, we create a build |
| with a milestone version number, like Struts 2.0.42, and post the distribution in the development area. |
| The development group tests the distribution, and then we decide whether or not to release it. |
| The distribution includes everything that would be released, including the documentation and the release notes |
| for this version.</p> |
| |
| <p>If we find a significant problem with the distribution, we may decide not to release it, and just leave |
| the distribution as a “test build”. The testing may take several days, and in the meantime, we want to keep |
| the project moving, and so we just go onto the next version number. |
| Using our example, the next distribution would be labeled 2.0.43, even if version 2.0.42 was never officially |
| released.</p> |
| |
| <p>Often we will first grade a release as a “beta”, and invite other users to test it too. If this second |
| round of beta testing goes well, then we may mark the release “General Availability”. |
| Usually, that designation would also make it the new “Best Available” release. In this case, we don’t create |
| another distribution, but simply adjust the status of the same set of bits that people have been testing all along.</p> |
| |
| <p>In practice, the milestone build system is fast and efficient and creates the fewest number of “candidate builds” |
| between releases.</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="why-is-the-project-called-struts">Why is the project called “Struts”?</h3> |
| |
| <p>It’s a reference to “struts” in the architectural sense, a reminder of the nearly invisible pieces that hold up |
| buildings, houses, and bridges.</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="how-is-apache-struts-licensed">How is Apache Struts licensed?</h3> |
| |
| <p>All Apache Struts products are copyrighted software available under the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses">Apache License</a>, |
| a "free-to-use, business-friendly license".</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="can-apache-struts-be-used-in-a-commercial-product">Can Apache Struts be used in a commercial product?</h3> |
| |
| <p>Yes. The only requirements you must meet are those listed in the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses">Apache License</a>.</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="do-i-have-to-credit-apache-struts-on-my-own-web-site">Do I have to credit Apache Struts on my own web site?</h3> |
| |
| <p>You need to credit Apache Struts if you <strong>redistribute your own framework</strong> based on our products |
| for other people to use. (See the <a href="http://www.apache.org/LICENSE">Apache License</a> for details.) |
| But you do <strong>not</strong> need to credit Apache Struts just because your web application utilizes one of our products. |
| It’s the same situation as using the Apache HTTPD server or Tomcat. Not required if its just running your web site. |
| Required if you’ve used the source code to create your own server that you are redistributing to other people.</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="are-there-isps-that-will-host-my-java-web-application">Are there ISPs that will host my Java web application?</h3> |
| |
| <p>For a listing of some Java and Struts ISPs, visit the <a href="http://struts.sf.net/community/index">Struts Community Resources</a> |
| area on SourceForge.</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="is-there-a-particularly-good-ide-to-use">Is there a particularly good IDE to use?</h3> |
| |
| <p>The frameworks should work well with any development environment that you would like to use, as well as with any |
| programmers editor. The members of the Apache Struts development group each use their own tools such as |
| <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs">Emacs</a>, <a href="http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/">IntelliJ IDEA</a>, |
| <a href="http://www.eclipse.org/">Eclipse</a>, and <a href="http://www.netbeans.org/">NetBeans</a>.</p> |
| |
| <p>For more, see the <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsMyFavoriteIDE">IDE discussion page</a> in the Struts wiki.</p> |
| |
| <h2 id="product-support">Product Support</h2> |
| |
| <h3 id="where-can-i-get-help-with-apache-struts">Where can I get help with Apache Struts?</h3> |
| |
| <p>Each release of Struts comes with a User Guide or set of Tutorials 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. Comprehensive Javadocs are provided for each release, along with the <strong>full source code</strong>.</p> |
| |
| <p>The <a href="mail">Struts user mailing list</a> is also very active, and welcomes posts from new users. Before |
| posting a new question, be sure to consult the <strong><a href="mail.html#Archives">MAILING LIST ARCHIVE</a></strong> |
| and the very excellent <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions">How To Ask Questions The Smart Way</a> |
| by Eric Raymond. Please do be sure to <a href="http://expita.com/nomime">turn off HTML</a> in your |
| email client before posting.</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="is-commercial-support-available">Is commercial support available?</h3> |
| |
| <p>The Apache Software Foundation does not provide commercial support for any of our software products, |
| including Apache Struts. However, third parties may offer different degrees of support.</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="if-a-product-doesnt-do-what-i-want-can-i-request-that-a-feature-be-added">If a product doesn’t do what I want, can I request that a feature be added?</h3> |
| |
| <p>First, it’s important to remember that Apache Struts is an all-volunteer project. We don’t charge anyone |
| anything to use Apache Struts products. Committers and other developers work on Apache Struts products because |
| they need to use it with their own applications. If others can use it too, that’s “icing on the cake”. |
| If you <a href="helping">submit a patch</a> for a feature that a Committer finds useful, then that |
| Committer may choose to volunteer his or her time to apply the patch. |
| If you just submit an idea without a patch, it is much less likely to be added (since first someone else has to |
| volunteer their time to write the patch).</p> |
| |
| <p>We are grateful for any patches, and we welcome new ideas, but the best way to see that something gets added |
| to the framework is to do as much of the work as you can, rather than rely on the “kindness of strangers”. |
| Worst case, you can apply the patch to your copy of the framework and still use the feature in your own application. |
| (Which is what open source is <em>really</em> all about.)</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="is-there-a-press-kit-for-apache-struts">Is there a press kit for Apache Struts?</h3> |
| |
| <p>Except for our <a href="announce">announcements page</a>, there is not a formal press or media kit for Apache Struts. |
| Queries from the press (and ONLY queries from the press, NOT support questions or anything else!) |
| should go to our media relations address: <a href="mailto:press@apache.org">press@apache.org</a>.</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="where-can-i-report-a-potential-security-vulnerability">Where can I report a potential security vulnerability?</h3> |
| |
| <p>If you believe you’ve found a security vulnerability in Apache Struts, please contact our security address - any |
| emails not relating to security vulnerabilities will be ignored without a reply (all security related information |
| will be kept confidential unless otherwise indicated): <a href="mailto:security@struts.apache.org">security@struts.apache.org</a>.</p> |
| |
| <h2 id="mailing-lists">Mailing Lists</h2> |
| |
| <h3 id="is-there-a-digest-for-the-user-list">Is there a digest for the User list?</h3> |
| |
| <p>Yes. Send a blank message to <a href="mailto:user-digest-subscribe@struts.apache.org">user-digest-subscribe@struts.apache.org</a>.</p> |
| |
| <p>If you are subscribed to the digest, you can also post to the list. Just be sure to send your post to |
| the <a href="mailto:user@struts.apache.org">user list</a> rather than trying to reply to the digest.</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="is-there-an-apache-struts-newsgroup">Is there an Apache Struts newsgroup?</h3> |
| |
| <p>Not a usenet group, but the Apache Struts User list can be accessed with your favorite newsgroup reader from |
| the <a href="http://news.gmane.org/">GMane News Site</a>. Subscribe to groups <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">gmane.comp.jakarta.struts.user</code> |
| for the user list.</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="why-didnt-my-posting-show-up-on-the-user-list">Why didn’t my posting show up on the user list?</h3> |
| |
| <p>You must be subscribed to the <a href="mailto:user-subscribe@struts.apache.org">user list</a> or |
| <a href="mailto:user-digest-subscribe@struts.apache.org">user digest</a> before posting (or use the |
| <a href="http://news.gmane.org">GMane Newsgroups</a> instead).</p> |
| |
| <h3 id="are-there-separate-user-lists-for-struts-1-and-struts-2">Are there separate user lists for Struts 1 and Struts 2?</h3> |
| |
| <p>No. Each major version has it’s own JIRA project, but we share the mailing lists.</p> |
| |
| <p>To get the best response to an inquiry, please specify which version of Struts is being used, |
| including the milestone (“Struts 1.2.9”, for example). You can also include the label <strong>[s1]</strong> |
| or <strong>[s2]</strong> in the subject line of your post.</p> |
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| <h3 id="how-do-i-unsubscribe-from-the-mailing-list">How do I unsubscribe from the mailing list?</h3> |
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| <p><strong>From the email account used to subscribe to the list</strong>, send a blank message to |
| <a href="mailto:user-unsubscribe@struts.apache.org">user-unsubscribe@struts.apache.org</a>.</p> |
| |
| <p>If you are receiving the digest, you must send a blank email to |
| <a href="mailto:user-digest-unsubscribe@struts.apache.org">user-digest-unsubscribe@struts.apache.org</a> instead.</p> |
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