Re: Struts & Ant tools

Mike,

I have been using Struts for about a year now
on the AS/400 and it works fine. Along with that
I have been using Ant. The iSeries-toolkit at
www.iseries-toolkit.org has a first cut at a
native ant for the iSeries. I did a lot more
work on Ant and need to get my latest version
up to the iSeries-toolkit site.

For what you are doing, you can get away with
Ant pushing changes via FTP. You will need the
optional jar and oro package. One problem is that
the FTP package does not seem to process date
comparisons properly. Fixing that is on my todo
list and I will share that when if I find anything
and you decide to go that route.

What Servlet engine will will you be using? I
would recommend you check out Tomcat as a standalone
server. I would also recommend you look at Eclipse
or NetBeans as a development platform. I lean toward
Eclipse but if your team has experience with NetBeans
it will work fine.

If you need help setting up Tomcat, Struts, Eclipse,
or Ant, I will try to help. I am pretty busy lately,
but I know from experience that a quick overview of
the setup can save a lot of time.

David Morris

>>> msilvers@HBS-INC.COM 05/21/02 06:05 AM >>>
We are involved the a large project rewriting a customer service module
on
an AS/400.  We are creating the system in Java using JSP's and servlets.
 I
am trying to get my hands around how we are going to manage the
development
and distribution of the project.  I am looking into using the Struts
framework, CVS for the source control, and Ant as the build tool.  Does
anyone have experience with Struts and Ant on the AS/400?

Does Ant run on the 400 without modifications?
Does the Struts framework work well on the 400?
Does anyone have any tips or suggestions getting Struts implemented on
the
400?
Does anyone have any tips for distributing projects using Ant on the
400?

Thanks!

Mike