Struts Consultants
The Struts Committers are thinking of removing the Struts Consultants listing. I've been listed on this page since last year, but it really hasn't done anything for me. I get a few hits per day from it, but I've never got any clients or work from it. My gigs always seem to come the old fashion way - through connections. The reason I'm writing this post is because of a message this morning, from Ted Husted (a Struts Committer):
We originally setup the page because people kept asking. So if we take it down, we need to keep something up saying that we don't do that. Rather than waste a page, we might just add a section to the Powered By page. Then what about the Powered By page? I think we need one, but we might want to restrict it to sites that are willing to write up some sort of case-study to go with the listing, so it would be more than just a URI. I'm thinking of a site preface page with a screen shot or two that talks about how the site came to be written, and then finally a link to the site itself. Realistically, people are looking for war stores and testimonials here, rather than just a link list. So this would become a "Struts Showcase" section, rather than just a Powered By directory. Of course, there would still be a list, but it could include an introductory paragraph (from the site preface page), and link to a page about the site, and then to the site itself. (Or not, if it is an internal site with a really good write-up :) I can work something up a couple as examples. We might also try twisting dIon's arm for something regarding the Pizza Hut site. I also remember a good post WRT the http://www.ipayment.co.za/ site. Application Servers, The Malamute Registry, BaseBeans (www.proj.com), Bug Track, FixaFest, Julianne Griffith, Raible, IPIP, Roller, and WindSurfing look like other likely suspects =:0) How about if we start by reducing the PB list to these twelve I can then try to get a case study page up for one of my things to get that ball rolling. * http://www.application-servers.com/ * http://amalregistry.webhop.org/ * http://www.proj.com/ * http://www.bug-track.com/ * http://www.fixafest.nu/ * http://www.ipipi.com/ * http://www.juliannegiffin.com/ * http://www.pizzahut.com.au/ * http://www.raibledesigns.com/ * http://www.rollerweblogger.org/ * http://www.ipayment.co.za/ * http://www.windsurfpassion.com/ -Ted.
Cool - I feel the love! You can follow this thread here. Hopefully, by creating struts-xdoclet, this site will serve as a war story the development and evolution of a struts webapp. I encourage any of you to jump in and help, or at least send features/ideas that you'd like to see implemented.