Javaserver Faces: A Practical Approach for Beginners

It includes examples which help to apply different techniques provided by JSF such as tags, converters and validators in real life situations. The book begins with an introduction to JavaServer Faces architecture, its lifecycle, its main components and the installation steps of the softwares required to run and implement JSF. Further it covers expression language and its use to access Managed Bean attributes, and a practical usage of different components like text field, text area, command button, menu, checkbox and so on. Every component is explained with a program as they act as a building block for any web application. Finally it discusses all the steps required in creating two custom components: label component and email component. The creation and deployment of RichFaces and Ajax4Jsf application are also explained step-by-step.