After I went through the update process, I noticed that the default Struts application version when creating new Struts-enabled applications went from version 1.1 (beta 2) to 1.1 (beta 3), which you can see in Figure C.

FIGURE C


Notice the newly upgraded version of Struts. Roll over picture for a larger image.

A quick check of the Struts Web site (http://jakarta.apache.org/struts/), though, shows that Struts is in its final 1.1 release. If you don't mind being just a step behind the latest version, however, and you don't want to have to copy all of the files over yourself, then using the Web Project wizard in WebSphere Studio is definitely the way to go. If you just have to have the latest version, another option for you may be to use the wizard and then copy in the latest files in manually, overriding the older versions.

For a more in-depth tour of creating a Struts application using WebSphere Studio V5, take a look at Writing a Simple Struts Application using WebSphere Studio V5 from IBM, which can be found at http://www7b.software.ibm.com/wsdd/techjournal/0302_fung/fung.html

I've also created a sample Struts-enabled person directory application that you can download for free from my Web site at http://DanVelasco.com/examples (it'll be up sometime on Monday, 9/22). It was created using WebSphere Studio and uses both Struts and Tiles to create a modular web application that you can look at to learn more about both Struts and Tiles. I'll write more about Tiles in a future tip.

Thank you for reading the tip today, and as always, if you have any comments or questions please feel free to contact me at dvelasco@webspherepower.com. Talk to you next time, techie to techie.

Dan Huber is a high school junior at Palmerton Area High School. He operates CEZone, a small and expanding Web site that covers all aspects of Windows CE, at http://members.xoom.com/CEZone, and he can be reached via email at wince@bigfoot.com.