Before starting Struts Frameworks we need some pre requirement.We require some basic knowledge of J2SE, JDBC, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JSP/Servlet, J2EE and TomCat or GlassFish Server( or similar type of server).

 
Pre Pre-requirement Knowledge of:-Core Java/ JDBC/Collections JSP/Servelet J2EE (with regards to Web applications) Tomcat Server or HTML/CSS/JavaScript/XML
Hardware:- Struts does not required any special Hardware.
Software/Jars:- Struts application need following software and jars.
Java Development Kits:- JDK1.5: You can download Java Development Kits from http://developers.sun.com/downloads/
Struts Frameworks (Jars):-You can download Apache Struts http://struts.apache.org/
 Servers Tomcat:- You can download Apache Tomcate http://tomcat.apache.org/
Server GlassFish Server:-You can download open source GlassFish Server http://glassfish.java.net/public/downloadsindex.html
IDEs :-Today, All companies are using following IDEs for create, run and debugs a Struts application. You can use notepad or any other IDEs .But we suggest use one of following two--
Eclipse You can download eclipse http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
NetBean You can download NetBean IDE from http://netbeans.org/downloads/index.html
 Operating System Environments:- Struts application can make run and debug on Window/Linux



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