The Web Site

I am in the process of putting lipstick on my strutsschool.com "pig website!" In the spirit of our hugely successful Manning publication, I am launching struts2inaction.com. If you have ever been the chef, cook and bottle washer for a web site, then you already know how much work it can be. Please be patient as I transition and grow this new site.

Peace,
Scott

Struts 2 Tips & Techniques Newsletter

I am thinking about publishing a newsletter to bring you the latest Struts 2 features and techniques. I have participated in the forums and mailing lists for years and this is not always the optimum way to learn the nuggets. It would take a chunk of time to do this professionally and nobody wants to pay for anything (myself included) in this free-conomy! While I don't expect to get rich doing this, I would like to break even as the opportunity cost is high.

I'm curious to hear what you think about:

1. Publishing frequency (weekly, monthly)
   
2. Distribution format (PDF, email, print, etc.)
3. Subscription price you would be willing to pay (monthly, weekly)
   

Let me know what you think.

Peace,
Scott

Spring/JSP Interplay

A friend and I were discussing tricks of the trade and he showed me a technique to make dynamic web pages easier to deal with. The technique exposes the Spring Context in the same way as any other JSP implicit objects. Being an MVC guy, my first response was "why would you mix the chocolate with the peanut butter?" However, after I studied it awhile, his technique absolutely rocks! What is they say "necessity is the mother of all invention?"

So here are the goods...

ApacheCon in New Orleans

Have you registered for the Apache conference yet? It promises to be a great show and is always educational. Come out and learn the latest about your favorite free and open source frameworks. I'm certain that what you can't learn at the conference can be picked up on Bourbon Street!

Peace,
Scott