Java EE: JavaServer Faces JSF

Learn how to use JavaServer Faces (JSF) to build robust, secure web apps. Discover how to set up a JSF project, build a JSF page using Facelets, and secure your JSF web app.

Introduction

• Use JSF in your Java EE web applications

1. Web Application Development in JavaEE

• Servlets vs. JSP vs. Facelets
• What is JSF and why use it?

2. Build Your First JSF Page

• Set up a JSF project in NetBeans
• Your first JSF page
• Finish your first JSF page
• How JSF works

3. Use Managed Beans in JSF

• What are managed beans?
• Long-lived managed beans
• Short-lived managed beans
• Initializing data and lifecycle hooks
• Navigation and FacesContext object
• Injecting components into beans

4. Build a JSF Page Using Facelets

• Introduction to Facelets
• ViewAction and common properties
• Common input text components
• Selection components
• JSF file upload component
• Page layout components
• Display from data structures in Facelets
• Tables in JSF
• Links and buttons
• Display messages
• HTML5 markup and support in JSF
• Bind components to the backing bean
• Expression language in JSF
• Functional programming with EL

5. Use Ajax Support in JSF

• Basic Ajax in JSF
• Focused Ajax in JSF

6. Process Complex Data with JSF Converters

• Why you need converters
• JSF BigDecimalConverter
• JSF DateTimeConverter
• Custom JSF converters
• Custom JSF converters as managed beans

7. Protect Your Application with JSF Validation

• Basic validation in JSF
• Custom validation in JSF

8. Security in JSF

• JSF ViewState
• CSRF and XSS protection in JSF
• Source code protection

9. Combine JSF with Other Frameworks

• JSF and the Spring framework
• JSF and third-party component libraries

Conclusion

• Next steps