JSF Fundamentals

Course details

Mainly, the JSF Fundamentals video is dedicated to providing fundamental knowledge of controlling the communication aspects in JSF. Definitely, communication is the core of a JSF application and is one of the main aspects that dictate the architecture of such an application. Thinking of the big picture, you need to identify—right from the start—the main parts and how they will communicate with one another and with the end user.

After selecting design patterns, drawing the UML diagrams, and sketching the architecture and the application flow, it's time to get to work and start implementing the communication pipes using forms, parameters, arguments, values, pages, beans, and so on. Fortunately, JSF provides many solutions for ensuring a powerful and flexible communication layer between JSF components and also between JSF and XHTML pages, the JavaScript code, and other third-party components. But, when something is powerful and flexible, it is typically hard to control and inappropriate usages will lead to poor results.

This video is exactly what you need for shaping the communication aspects and for obtaining the knowledge that is essential in order to decide what, when, and how to use depending on your application. But, keep in mind that the JSF Fundamentals video is not trying to take you by the hand to show you the world of JSF as a beginner's guide.

About The Author

Anghel Leonard is an autodidact senior Java developer with many years of experience in Java SE, Java EE, and related frameworks. He has written and published a significant number of articles about Java technologies as well as tips and tricks for many programming-dedicated websites. In addition, he has reviewed several books, JavaOne articles, and top‐rated dissertations about Java.

He has written two books about XML and Java (one for beginners and one for advanced developers) for Albastra, a Romanian publisher; four books for Packt Publishing, which are Jboss Tools 3 Developer Guide, JSF 2.0 Cookbook, JSF 2.0 Cookbook LITE, and Mastering JavaServer Faces 2.2; the Rapid PrimeFaces video course for Packt Publishing; two books for Apress, called Pro Java 7 NIO 2 and Pro Hibernate and MongoDB; and one book for Glasnevin Publishing named Mastering OmniFaces. Currently, Anghel is developing web applications using the latest Java technologies in the market such as WebServices, JMS, EJB, CDI, JSF (PrimeFaces, OmniFaces, and RichFaces frameworks), Spring MVC, Hibernate, and so on.