| | |  | Software Engineering | Home » » » JavaServer Faces: The Complete Reference (Complete Reference Series) | | | | | | | Description: | | Ideal for the 3+ million Java developers, this fast-paced tutorial offers in-depth coverage of JavaServer Faces (JSF) -- Sun Microsystem's Web application architecture for the future. Co-written by the #1 JSF expert in the Java community, this book offers the most complete resource on JSF available. * Extensive coverage on JSF custom component development * Serves as a thorough introduction to AJAX technology and techniques * Numerous custom JSF component examples including AJAX enabled components provided | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Chris Schalk | | Paperback:
| 864 pages | | Publisher:
| McGraw-Hill Osborne Media | | Publication Date:
| August 25, 2006 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 0072262400 | | Product Length:
| 9.14 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.42 inches | | Product Height:
| 1.75 inches | | Product Weight:
| 3.11 pounds | | Package Length:
| 9.1 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.7 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.8 inches | | Package Weight:
| 3.1 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 19 reviews |
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23 of 26 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent Book (from review on TheServerSide.com)Oct 12, 2006
By Joseph Ottinger
"(illegible scrawl)"
JavaServer Faces: The Complete Reference, by Chris Schalk and Ed Burns, is a once-and-for-all reference to JSF 1.1 and 1.2, covering almost anything and everything JSF-related.
Differences between JSF 1.1 and 1.2 are noted whenever they might occur. The book also has some very helpful and interesting design notes from the specification group to enlighten readers of why some choices were made or not made, so that the reasoning behind decisions is exposed.
The book has five sections: an introduction to the framework, extending JavaServer Faces, applying JSF (which addresses security, i18n, and testing/debugging), JSF tools and libraries (with coverage of the standard component library, the MyFaces JSF implementation, and configuration files), and a set of appendices covering the Faces Console (a third-party tool to help configure JSF), Shale, migration from Struts, and a set of third-party component libraries.
The first section starts off with a history of JSF, and quickly launches into an application - a simple registration application, complete with error checking, data validation, navigation, and a working UI. Along the way, the authors explain the concepts used so that readers don't get confused. The details are explained in enough depth that readers can see why something is being done without drowning them in excess detail about what's actually happening.
Each chapter builds on the previous one, and in this reviewer's opinion, most readers would be able to actually start applying JSF almost from the very beginning. An idea is hardly ever presented without a clear explanation of why readers would want to understand it, although the request lifecycle is explained in the third chapter. That said, the request lifecycle is very clearly explained and justified, so while it's not clear why it's presented so early at first glance, a quick scan reveals how important it is to JSF, and why understanding it is a core concept JSF developers should be aware of.
The section on extending JSF covers custom UI components, custom components without a user interface, AJAX components, and the use of alternative display technologies like Facelets. Having this information clearly expressed in print is very useful, and it's also fairly complete, with hardly any core functionality left unexplained or without examples.
The section on security is also useful, especially since it does a good job of explaining the servlet security model by design and then cleanly integrates it with JSF, through both container-managed security and application-managed security.
The only complaint I had about the book was that it was too short: the examples of the components in the various reference sections were not complete enough. In particular, the Tomahawk references (the MyFaces AJAX extensions) were slightly out of date (hardly the fault of the book authors) but also incomplete, which made using some of the Tomahawk extensions less pleasant. It doesn't help that the MyFaces documentation itself is not as complete as one would like.
It's a credit to the authors that, at the book's weakest, it's as useful as the official documentation, and at its strongest, is easily becoming the first reference reached for.
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10 of 11 found the following review helpful:
The most comprehensive JSF coverage so far!Jan 23, 2007
By Kyrill Alyoshin
I really enjoyed reading this book. I have several JSF books, and I feel that most of them were rushed to the market. This one is an exception. The coverage is very comprehensive (the book is written by the spec lead), JSF 1.2 is extensively discussed. The book covers multiple open-source "sub-frameworks" for JSF such as Shale and Facelets as well as various component libraries.
JSF is a relatively complex framework, and one does need a good reference to be able to master it. I think this book is it.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Very good book, its deep and explains very goodFeb 18, 2007
By Tomer Ben David
The book goes over all the stuff in JSF and explains in a very clear language exactly whats happening under the hood of JSF. I have also some other JSF books and this is by far the best.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Good book - but now outdatedMar 16, 2009
By tivonator
This was a good book, but it is now outdated. JSF 1.2 is now prevalent, and this book spends much of its time focused on JSF 1.1. It claims full coverage of both JSF 1.1 and JSF 1.2, but in many chapters (such as building a custom UIComponent), it describes the entire process for JSF 1.1, and then spends a page or two saying how it would have been different with JSF 1.2. Since JSF 1.2 is now prevalent, ideally this book would have been organized the other way around.
This is not the fault of the book - it is pretty well written and has good examples; technology has simply marched on and this book is now out of date. My low rating is not due to the books poor quality, it is due to the fact that people should probably look for alternatives that focus exclusively on JSF 1.2.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Cannot use index in Kindle VersionDec 31, 2009
By ya0730
"ya0730"
Beware - Kindle version has an index (which is more than I can say for other Kindle books I own!), but no page numbers and no links - not very useful in a technical book. Book is very readable and informative... I recommend the content - but am not happy about the index issue.
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