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Core JavaServer(TM) Faces (2nd Edition) (Sun Core Series)
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by David Geary and Cay S. Horstmann
Sales Rank: 8822
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Discount: 37 %
$25.00
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Paperback: 752 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR; 2 edition May 19, 2007
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0131738860
ISBN-13: 978-0131738867
Product Dimensions:
9 x 6.9 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
Book Description
JavaServer Faces (JSF) is quickly emerging as the leading solution for rapid user interface development in Java-based server-side applications. Now, Core JavaServer™ Faces–the #1 guide to JSF–has been thoroughly updated in this second edition, covering the latest feature enhancements, the powerful Ajax development techniques, and open source innovations that make JSF even more valuable. Authors David Geary and Cay Horstmann delve into all facets of JSF 1.2 development, offering systematic best practices for building robust applications, minimizing handcoding, and maximizing productivity. Drawing on unsurpassed insider knowledge of the Java platform, they present solutions, hints, tips, and “how-tos” for writing superior JSF 1.2 production code, even if you’re new to JSF, JavaServer Pages™, or servlets. The second edition’s extensive new coverage includes: JSF 1.2’s improved alignment with the broader Java EE 5 platform; enhancements to the JSF APIs; controlling Web flow with Shale; and using Facelets to replace JSP with XHTML markup. The authors also introduce Ajax development with JSF–from real-time validation and Direct Web Remoting to wrapping Ajax in JSF components and using the popular Ajax4jsf framework. This book will help you - Automate low-level details and eliminate unnecessary complexity in server-side development
- Discover JSF best practices, ranging from effective UI design and style sheets to internationalization
- Use JSF with Tiles to build consistent, reusable user interfaces
- Leverage external services such as databases, LDAP directories, authentication/authorization, and Web services
- Use JBoss Seam to greatly simplify development of database-backed applications
- Implement custom components, converters, and validators
- Master the JSF 1.2 tag libararies, and extend JSF with additional tag libraries
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Chapter 2: Managed Beans
Chapter 3: Navigation
Chapter 4: Standard JSF Tags
Chapter 5: Data Tables
Chapter 6: Conversion and Validation
Chapter 7: Event Handling
Chapter 8: Subviews and Tiles
Chapter 9: Custom Components, Converters, and Validators
Chapter 10: External Services
Chapter 11: Ajax
Chapter 12: Open Source
Chapter 13: How Do I . . .
Index
About The Author
David Geary, who worked at Sun Microsystems from 1994 through 1997, was a member of the JSF 1.0 Expert Group. He is president of Clarity Training Inc., a training and consulting company focusing on server-side Java technology, and is the author of eight books on Java technology, including the best-selling Graphic Java™ 2 series, Advanced JavaServer Pages, and Google™ Web Toolkit Solutions (all from Prentice Hall). David was also a member of the JSTL Expert Group, was the Second Apache Struts committer, and wrote questions for Sun's Web Developer Certification Exam. David is a regular speaker on the popular No Fluff Just Stuff tour and is a JavaOne Rock Star, by virtue of his Shale Presentation with Craig McClanahan in 2005.
Cay S. Horstmann is a professor of computer science at San Jose State University. He has served as vice president and chief technology officer of Preview Systems Inc., and as a consultant on C++, Java, and Internet programming for major corporations, universities, and organizations. Cay is also the author of the classic Core Java™ books.
Customer Reviews & Comments
This review is from: Core JavaServer Faces (Core Series) (Paperback)
Struts spread like wildfire in part due to the fact that it was simple. JSF is very ambitious and defies a very simple explanation followed by a bugle blast to commence hacking. Nevermind the history of designing circuits, in software, generally the complex APIs don't get a following until a great book ships (e.g. Petzold, Roman's book on EJB, etc.). This is that book for JSF, and it is just on time. I would also like to differ with the opinion about the book being awkward because it makes you do things by hand that will soon be automated. That is a small part of the book, and doing by hand those early things helps immensely to understand the bigger picture (e.g. custom components, web services, etc.). The reasons this book deserves a 5: 1. Its score for comprehensiveness alongside similar offerings is orders of magnitude higher. 2. Tool support for web dev is unfortunately still in its infancy for Java. The webtools project in eclipse just dropped its first version of a JSP editor for bloomin' sakes. That puts more pressure on the writers to have to painstakingly describe setup and configuration issues. They do an excellent job. 3. The examples are very good and get worked from different angles to great effect. 4. There are many useful diagrams as well, for example of the processing flow, which is crucial to understanding what the framework is doing for you. I had a case where I was debugging a problem and the error message looked spurious until I consulted the flow and saw that it was repopulating the page automatically. JSF is not perfect, but this book shows that guidance can make all the difference in pain of adoption.
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