JavaServer Faces promises to bring rapid user-interface development to server-side Java. It allows developers to painlessly write server-side applications without worrying about the complexities of dealing with browsers and Web servers. It also automates low-level, boring details like control flow and moving code between web forms and business logic.

JavaServer Faces was designed to support drag and drop development of server-side applications," but you can also think of it as a conceptual layer on top of servlets and JavaServer Pages (JSP). Experienced JSP developers will find that JavaServer Faces provides much of the plumbing that they currently have to implement by hand. If you already use a server-side framework such as Struts, you will find that JavaServers Faces uses a similar architecture, but is more flexible and extensible. JavaServer Faces also comes with server-side components and an event model, which are fundamentally similar to the same concepts in Swing.

JavaServer Faces is quickly becoming the standard Web-application framework. Core JavaServer Faces is the one book you need to master this powerful and time-saving technology.

Without assuming knowledge of JSP and servlets, Core JavaServer Faces:

• shows how to build more robust applications and avoid tedious handcoding

• answers questions most developers don't even know to ask

• demonstrates how to use JSF with Tiles to build consistent user interfaces automatically

• provides hints, tips, and explicit "how-to" information that allows you to quickly become more productive

• explains how to integrate JSF with databases, use directory services, wireless apps, and Web services

• teaches best practices and good habits like using style sheets and message bundles

• covers all of the JSF tags and how to create new tag libraries

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 37 Ratings

JSF - 2009-05-26
Reviewer Rating:
The book was collecting dust till I stumbled on a project wanting to convert from scriptlets to JSF. So I started to read the book. The material is adequate for a beginner but alot of the examples, author includes their own classes which you cant use in business environment. This is where you see yourself googling for more info on how to do things.

So ita a good intro book into JSF, but not the only source.

Hope this helps.

Easy to understand, nice introduction to JSF - 2009-05-04
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The first chapter tries to get your system set up for JSF, but it does not apply to all environments. Plus it actually seems more complicated then it needs to be with the setup, there are easier ways. Other than this it is a nice intro to JSF. If you already have your system setup and ready for JSF then this book is great. If your needing detailed instructions on how to setup your system for JSF then you might want to find the instructions online and then think about getting this book.

Good book, but the technology is not - 2009-03-05
Reviewer Rating:
The book is well written and well organized but it left me cold because then I tried Tapestry and it's way better.

Ok, not great. - 2009-07-04
Reviewer Rating:
I was completely new to Java Server Faces before reading this book. It was an OK book, but I think the author could have done a better job explaining the topics. They do a lot of referencing you to forward chapters in the book which I thought was confusing. The examples skipped from really easy trivial stuff, to very difficult hard to fallow examples with nothing in between. I also disliked how the authors spend so much time making everything locale independent. Every example in the book is locale independent which makes it harder to follow. It would have been sufficient to have one chapter or section on the topic, and for the other examples not worry about it. I've since read some other books that discuss java server faces, and found them to be much more helpful.

A good book on the subject. - 2009-03-26
Reviewer Rating:
Very easy to read/undersand. Ample cover of the subject. Clear division between the stuff you need to read for understanding, the stuff that you would go back to as a reference, and helpful practical tips.

I would have been even happier if the SEAM related chapter would have been more complete - the material there is not really deep or broad enough.

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