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EC45 - JavaServer Faces (JSF) Programming Workshop - 2 Days
Course Description
This course is designed for web developers with previous experience of Servlets and JSPs needing to gain a knowledge of JavaServer Faces.
Pre-requisites
The student should be familiar with J2EE programming.
Objectives
This course provides students with the skills to write web-based applications using the JavaServer Faces technology. The course covers syntax of the APIs and Custom tags, how they are used and the life cycle of JSF applications.
During the course the student will use many features of JSF to write an application ensuring that the concepts and statements taught are fully understood and practical experience is gained.
On completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Understand the fundamentals of the JSF framework and life cycle.
- Use many of the JSF custom tags and API.
- Configure JSF applications.
- Use the validation framework.
- Understand and use the event handling features
Environment
Development can be performed using any of the following:
- Eclipse & Apache Tomcat
- IntelliJ
- NetBeans
Customisation
For on-site courses (i.e. at your premises), we are more than happy to tailor the course agenda to suit your exact requirements. In many cases, we are able to build your in-house standards and naming conventions into the delivered course.
Course Details
- INTRODUCTION TO JAVASERVER FACES
- JavaServer Faces - the new Standard?
- Overview of JSF architecture & features
- Overview of JSF architecture & features
- A SIMPLE JSF APPLICATION
- Creating and configuring the managed beans (model)
- Creating the User Interface
- Configuring the navigation
- Creating the User Interface
- JSF REQUEST-PROCESSING LIFECYCLE
- Life Cycle
- Faces context
- Faces context
- MANAGED BEANS
- Defining Beans
- Bean Properties
- Value Binding Expressions
- Bean Properties
- NAVIGATION
- Static Navigation
- Dynamic Navigation
- Dynamic Navigation
- VIEW COMPONENTS
- Core Tags
- HTML Tags
- Forms, Form Tags (Text Fields, CheckBoxes, etc)
- HTML Tags
- APPLICATION PROPERTIES AND INTERNATIONALISATION
- Resource Bundles
- Using the loadBundle tag
- Using the loadBundle tag
- DATA TABLES
- Simple Tables, Headers and Footers
- Row and Column Styles
- Data Model
- Row and Column Styles
- CONVERSION AND VALIDATION
- Specifying Converters
- Standard Converters
- Standard Validators
- Bypassing Conversion and Validation
- Displaying Conversion and Validation Error Messages
- Standard Converters
- ERRORS AND MESSAGES
- Global Error Messages
- Component Specific Error Messages
- Component Specific Error Messages
- EVENT HANDLING
- Actions and navigation
- Working with forms
- Events and listeners
- Immediate Components & bypassing conversion and validation
- Value Change Listeners
- Working with forms
- TILES
- Templates
- Definitions
Course Format
Practical sessions make up a large part of the course, allowing delegates to demonstrate and reinforce the lectures given.
Examples are used extensively, ranging from simple code 'snippets' to full applications with complete 'real world' functionality. These are supplied at the start of the course and it is encouraged that the delegates execute and 'experiment' with these under the instructor's guidance as they are introduced.
These examples are available to take away, along with the delegate's own work.
The comprehensive Student Guide supplied is fully indexed serving as a useful reference tool long after the course has finished. Delegates will also be able to access a free help-line with technical questions relating to topics covered on the course.