I'm new to strawberries, but I inherited some from the previous tenants of my new place. I have a strawberry patch in a small bed that's being absolutely decimated by slugs this year, and it's in a shady spot where the berries aren't too productive; regardless, it manages to push up two leaves for every one the slugs eat. I'm also blown away at how drought-hardy they seem. The bed was built by the previous tenant here and a lot of the soil has eroded out of the sides, so the already quick-draining soil doesn't hold water much at all. The strawberries seem unaffected. It may be the shade but they're the last thing on that side of the house to wilt when I forget to water. So what I can tell you is that once they get started, there's no worrying about the plants themselves. Getting fruit may prove to be a different matter.
I think I'm going to dig them up and move them to the sunny side of my house once I clear out the yard. I don't mind losing the season - I can cope with one less berry a week in my diet. And anyways, I accidentally got acephate on them today so I won't be wanting to eat from those plants any time soon.
As for slugs, the traps work for the yard but if you plant in containers, copper stripping is a godsend. Just get the real deal and not the foil, because the foil wears off pretty easily. You might as well be setting out traps or poison every week the way that stuff lasts. Or, as it seems here, just leave a patch of strawberries easily accessible - they're the only thing the slugs chew on at this place.
Best luck,
~Joe