Apache MyFaces 1.2 Web Application Development

• Create appealing and easy-to-use templates with Facelets
• Assure reusability of your code by constructing composition components
• Build consistent looking and usable pages using Trinidad components
• Extend your JSF standard by using Tomahawk components
• Enhance your web application by enabling AJAX functionality in your JSF application without writing JavaScript code
• Create dynamic applications that fit the corporate style and color scheme of your company by using the extensive skinning capabilities of Trinidad
• Prevent the duplication of validation rules by adding EJB3 annotation-based validation with ExtVal
• Optimize your JSF application in terms of performance and page size

Hypes and trends (such as Web 2.0) cause a change in the requirements for user interfaces every now and then. While a lot of frameworks are capable of meeting those changing requirements, it often means you as a developer need in-depth knowledge of web standards, such as XHTML and JavaScript. A framework like Apache MyFaces that hides all details of how the page is rendered at the client and at the same time offers a rich set of tools and building blocks could save you a lot of time, not only when you're building a brand new application but also when you're adapting an existing application to meet new user interface requirements.

This book will teach you everything you need to know to build appealing web interfaces with Apache MyFaces and maintain your code in a pragmatic way. It describes all the steps that are involved in building a user interface with Apache MyFaces. This includes building templates and composition components with Facelets, using all sorts of specialized components from the Tomahawk, Trinidad, and Tobago component sets and adding validation with MyFaces Extensions Validator.

The book uses a step-by-step approach and contains a lot of tips based on experience of the MyFaces libraries in real-world projects. Throughout the book an example scenario is used to work towards a fully functional application when the book is finished.

This step-by-step guide will help you to build a fully functional and powerful application.

• Build powerful and robust web applications with Apache MyFaces
• Reduce coding by using sub-projects of MyFaces like Trinidad, Tobago, and Tomahawk
• Update the content of your site daily with ease by using Facelets
• Step-by-step and practical tutorial with lots of examples

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