For prior notes in this release series, see Release Notes 2.0.0

• If you are a Maven user, you might want to get started using the Maven Archetype.
• Another quick-start entry point is the blank application. Rename and deploy the WAR as a starting point for your own development.

Backward compatibility issues with prior development release

Remove <include file="struts-default.xml"/> from struts.xml

• The struts-default.xml is now automatically included with all configuration blocks.

New Features and Extensions

• Struts 1 Integration classes.
• Plugins – These are true plugins, not a "listener" class as provided by Struts 1.
• Showcase ViewSources - Click the View Source link in the ShowCase application to see how it's done!

Key Changes

• Extras is removed and various Plugins are added.
  • To use features like JSF or JasperReports, include the appropriate plugin JAR and any supporting JARs to the application's class path.

Detail

• Release Notes 2.0.1 (to date)
• Release Notes 2.0.0

Pending and open issues

• Struts 2.0.1 TODO

Other resources

• Commit Logs (Struts 1 and Struts 2)
• Source Code Repository (includes change browsing)