Adequate

Could have been better, could have been worse. The high points of the book were its coverage of the Validator plug-in, it's coverage of core struts, advanced concepts, and the end-to-end "employee" application that illustrates the proper usage of basic Struts. The low points were the coverage of Tiles and the Struts tag libraries. I was very disappointed that the end-to-end application, while doing a good job of illustrating the core of Struts, didn't make use of Validator, Tiles or any of the advanced features like modules or DispatchActions.
The examples left a lot to be desired - none of them, except for the "employee" application in chapter 14, were complete. I don't know, maybe this was didactic - I learned a lot about Struts while fumbling around, trying to fill in the gaps in their samples.
You'll need to have a _very_ firm handle on JSP's and Servlets if you're going to make any sense of this book. Chapter 2 reviews JSP's, but it's strictly a review; you had better know, for example, the difference between session scope and page scope before starting this book.

Other Reviews

• Adequate
• Not for Starter but OK for refreshing your Struts memory
• Online Tutorials teach better than this book
• It had potential
• For Developers who need to learn - this is the one