This expert-written book covers the open source Apache MyFaces project, which is the most popular implementation of JavaServer Faces, a Web framework put forth by Sun MicroSystems. The text introduces the basics of MyFaces and the JSF Standard and goes beyond fundamentals to provide a thorough understanding of the JSF lifecycle. Readers will learn how to build real-world AJAX components, and how to leverage Oracle ADF Faces components within applications. The book is an ideal reference for professional Java and Web developers looking to develop real world applications as it focuses on practical aspects such as scalability, design, optimization and configurability.

Facelets is a templating language developed from the ground up with JavaServer Faces in mind. Created in response to the many concerns involving JavaServer Pages (JSP)when building JavaServer Faces (JSF)views, Facelets steps outside of the JSP specification and provides a highly performant, JSFcentric view technology. Facelets' top properties, templating, reuse, and ease of development, allow it to help making JSF a technology suitable for largescale projects. One of the first things a developer using Facelets finds is that it immediately leads to a reduction inuser interfacecode.

Facelets Essentials, the first book on Facelets, introduces you to its importance, architecture, and relationship to JSF and the Apache MyFaces web framework. Learn to create your first application using the power and flexibility Facelets offers. Then, master and apply its basic and advanced features including Unified Expression Language, templating and reuse, custom tag development, and more. What you'll learn See why you should use Facelets and the Facelets architecture Create your first application with Facelets Use the Facelets Unified Expression Language Explore Facelets templating and reuse, as well as the tag reference and custom tag development Create composition components Extend the ViewHandler Who this book is for

This book is for Java web developers who are using or experienced with JavaServer Faces and perhaps learning to use the MyFaces web framework. Table of Contents Why Use Facelets Creating an Application with Facelets Creating an Application with Facelets Tag Libraries The jsfc Attribute Facelets Templating and Template Clients Facelets Tag Reference Creating Composition Components Extending Facelets Extending the ViewHandler

Pro JSF and HTML5 shows you how to leverage the full potential of JavaServer Faces (JSF) and HTML5. This book is for Java developers who aspire to build sophisticated, enterprise-grade web experiences with HTML5-enabled JSF. Written by JSF experts and verified by established community figures, this book will serve as your primary resource, helping you build or integrate well-designed HTML5-enabled JSF components into your rich internet applications. Pro JSF and HTML5 starts by giving you a firm grounding in the design principles of component-based frameworks and the basics of JSF. It then details recent advancements in JSF 2.2 that make it friendlier, faster, and more productive than ever before. And it covers HTML5-enabled components, integration with JEE7 standards, 3rd party component libraries, security, and performance. The book concludes with a real-world application that puts everything you learned into practice. In this book you'll learn * Foundational JSF topics such as the component life cycle, framework architecture, managed beans and CDI, expression language, conversion and validation, JSF events and view parameters. * Leveraging new features in JSF 2.2 such as Faces Flow, Resource Library Contracts, and Ajax file uploading.* Developing Advanced HTML5 enabled components in JSF 2.2. * Creating JSF 2.2 applications that utilize Java EE 7 technologies (CDI, JPA 2.1 and EJB 3.2) for bean management, transaction management and persistence. * Building advanced real-world JSF applications with considerations for security, performance, and usability. If you're a Java developer interested in the world of component-based frameworks, Pro JSF and HTML5 is for you. What you'll learn * Foundational JSF topics such as the component life cycle, framework architecture, managed beans and CDI (Context and Dependency Injection), expression language, exception handling, conversion and validation, JSF events (faces events, phase events and system events), and view parameters. * Utilizing new features in JSF 2.2 such as Faces Flow, Resource Library Contracts, and Ajax file uploading. * Developing Advanced HTML5 enabled components in JSF 2.2. * Developing PrimeFaces and RichFaces applications. * Developing JSF 2.2 applications that utilize Java EE 7 technologies (CDI, JPA 2.1 and EJB 3.2) in order to facilitate bean management, transaction management and persistence. * Unit testing JSF applications. * Stateless JSF views.* Implementing Security in JSF applications. * Tuning the performance of JSF applications. * Translating application requirements into a model and then implementing the model using JSF 2.2 and Java EE 7 technologies. Who this book is for This is a tutorial and reference is for both intermediate and experienced Java enterprise and web application developers.