Introduction to JSF: Course Outline — About Objects, Inc.

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Introduction to JSF

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Course Outline

  1. What is JSF?
    • Servlets and JSP
    • The Model-View-Controller Paradigm
    • Action vs. Component Frameworks
      • Comparison with Struts
      • Comparison with other component frameworks
    • The Java Community Process
    • JavaServer Faces Specifications
      • Motivation
      • History
      • JSR-127
      • JSR-252 enhancements
      • JavaServer Faces 2.0 (JSR-314)
    • Features of JSF
      • What JSF Does
      • What JSF Doesn't Do
      • JSF 1.x vs. JSF 2.x
  2. JSF Architecture Overview
    • The FrontController Pattern
      • FacesServlet
      • Life cycle phases
    • JSF Components
      • The component tree
      • Built-in components
      • Coarse grained components
    • Type Coercion, Formatting, and Validation
      • Component Renderers
      • Converters
      • Validators
    • Managing Navigational Flow
      • Action methods
      • XML configuration
      • Managed bean instantiation
  3. JSF Application Basics
    • Project Setup
      • JAR dependencies, DTDs, and TLDs
      • Setting up a dynamic web project in Eclipse
    • Configuration Basics
      • web.xml
      • faces-config.xml
      • Configuring managed beans
      • Configuring navigation
      • Configuring project resources
    • JSP Tags
      • Binding Java properties
      • Component Ids
      • Working with JSTL and EL
      • JSTL gotchas
    • UI Component Basics
      • The UI Component Model
      • UIComponent base class
    • Deploying a JSF Application
      • Build tools (ANT vs. Maven)
      • App server configuration
      • Libraries and TLDs
      • WAR deployment
      • Exploded deployment
    • Troubleshooting Deployments
      • Missing JAR files
      • DTDs and internet connections
      • web.xml issues
      • faces-config issues
  4. The Faces Lifecycle
    • Faces Requests and Non-Faces Requests
    • The Faces Context
      • Accessing the Context
      • Accesing the External Context
      • The Component Tree
    • Lifecycle Phases
      • Restore View
      • Apply Request Values
      • Process Validations
      • Update Model Values
      • Invoke Application
      • Render Response
    • Events and Listeners
    • Customizing the Lifecycle
  1. UI Components
    • The UIComponent Model
      • Components and Renderers
      • Registering and Removing Children
    • Using Components
      • The View
      • Subviews
      • Value Binding
      • Converting between Model Properties and UI Strings
      • Processing Submitted Form Values
    • JSP Tags
      • Faces Tags
      • Working with JSTL and EL
      • JSTL Gotchas
    • Validators
    • Configuring Event Listeners
    • Working with Tables
      • Using Facets
      • Working with dataTable
      • Using a panelGrid
  2. Navigation, Actions, and Listeners
    • Actions and Navigation
      • Implementing Application Actions
      • Specifying Navigation Rules
    • Working with Forms
      • Complex Forms
      • Complex Navigation
    • Events and Listeners
      • ActionListener Methods
      • Implementing the ActionListener Interface
      • ValueChangedListener Methods
      • Implementing the
  3. Validation and Conversion
    • Using Converters
      • Configuring Converters on Input Tags
      • Standard Converters
      • Working with Complex Types
    • Using Custom Converters for Validation
      • Displaying Error Messages - Registering Custom Converters
      • Validating Custom Value Types
      • Registering Converters by Type
    • Using Validators
      • Configuring Validator Bindings in JSP
      • Validator Methods
      • Displaying Error Messages
    • Creating Custom Validators
      • Configuring Custom Validator Attributes
      • Creating a Custom Validator Tag
  4. JSF Implementations and Component Libraries
    • Sun Reference Implementation
    • MyFaces
      • Tomahawk
      • Trinidad and Tobago
    • ICEFaces
      • Component Suite
      • AJAX Bridge
    • Facelets
    • Oracle ADF
      • Trinidad Extensions
    • JBoss Seam
    • WebGalileo