JSF Training

Training Duration
4 days 

JSF Training Outline 

Day 1
1. JSF Overview

What is JSF?

Advantages of JSF (vs. Standard MVC)

Advantages of JSF (vs. Struts)

JSF Features

How JSF Fits For Web Applications? 

2. Understanding JSF lifecycle

            Restore view phase

            Apply request values phase

            Process validations phase

            Update model values phase

            Invoke application phase

            Render response phase
                        
3. Installing JSF (Sun Reference Implementation (RI)) in TOMCAT 
4. Simple JSF Hello Application

Create development directory structure

            Create and place configuration files

Create JSP pages

Create a properties file

Create a managed bean

Register managed bean in configuration file

Define a navigation rule in configuration file

Registering the FacesServlet in web.xml

Run the application           

Day 2
5. JSF User Interface Components

Standard Components

            Custom Components

6. JSF Tags

            JSF Expression Language

JSF HTML Tag

JSF Core Tag 

7. Controlling Page Navigation

Static Navigation

Dynamic Navigation

Using redirect element

Specifying wild-cards

 8. Managed Beans

JavaBeans and JSF

Using beans to represent request parameters

Declaring beans in faces-config.xml

Referring to beans in input forms

Bean Scopes

Day 3
9. JSF Validators

Using Standard Validators

Creating Custom Validators

Register Custom Validator

Using a Custom Validator 

10. JSF Converters

Using Standard Converters

Writing and Using Custom Converters

 11. JSF Events Handling

Action Events

Value Change Events

Phase Events

 12. Binding Component Values and Instances to External Data Sources

Component Value to a Property

Component Value to an Implicit Object

Component Instance to a Bean Property

Day 4
13. Developing Custom Components

Writing Tag Handler

Creating Tag Library Descriptor

Creating Custom Component Classes

Delegating Rendering to a Renderer

Handling Events

 14. Using Localized Messages

Referencing a ResourceBundle from a Page

Referencing a Localized Message

15. Working with JSF and CSS
16. Working with JSF and JavaScript
17. Dealing with Databases