This is the JavaServer Faces 1.2 (JSF 1.2) specification, developed by the JSR-252 expert group under the Java Community Process (see <http://www.jcp.org> for more information about the JCP).
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We are going to show you how to create a simple JSF application using the JBoss Developer Studio plug-in for Eclipse. Read the rest of this entry »

The past couple of years have seen the emergence of JSF (Java Server Faces) as the technology of choice for building the user interface (UI) layer of Java web applications. Oracle’s own business applications are committing to JSF as the UI technology in the “Fusion” stack.
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The tutorial consists of seven separate steps for building up an example application. Each step adds new code to the previous example. The tutorial includes code representing the result of each step. Read the rest of this entry »

This tutorial is derived from Marty Hall’s world-renowned live JSF training course. Note that the course (and this tutorial) now covers Apache MyFaces 1.1.5. Read the rest of this entry »

Now that we have taken a look at the JSF architecture in relation to other frameworks, it is time to dig into JSF itself. This chapter begins that process by giving an overview of essential JSF elements; in other words, those parts of the framework that are key to understanding how it works. Read the rest of this entry »