Saturday, May 19, 2012

Java Frameworks

Struts

When Java servlets were first invented, many programmers quickly realized that they were a Good Thing. They were faster and more powerful than standard CGI, portable, and infinitely extensible. But writing HTML to send to the browser in endless println() statements was tiresome and problematic. The answer to that was JavaServer Pages, which turned Servlet writing inside-out. Now developers could easily mix HTML with Java code, and have all the advantages of servlets. The sky was the limit!

The Apache Struts Project was launched in May 2000 by Craig R. McClanahan to provide a standard MVC framework to the Java community.

  • Model: System State and Business Logic JavaBeans
  • View: JSP Pages and Presentation Components
  • Controller: ActionServlet and ActionMapping


Spring

Spring is the most popular application development framework for enterprise Java™. Millions of developers use Spring to create high performing, easily testable, reusable code without any lock-in.

JSF 2.0 - Oracle Mojarra JavaServer Faces

JavaServer(TM) Faces technology simplifies building user interfaces for JavaServer applications. Developers of various skill levels can quickly build web applications by: assembling reusable UI components in a page; connecting these components to an application data source; and wiring client-generated events to server-side event handlers.

DOJO

Dojo is a collection of JavaScript utilities providing solutions for a vast array of problems faced by the professional JavaScript developer.