Instant PrimeFaces Starter

In Detail

Developing great user interfaces for web applications has never been easier! PrimeFaces delivers a powerful set of features that enable JSF developers to deliver awesome user experiences on the Web. With more than 150 Ajax-enabled UI components, jQuery integration, a mobile UI toolkit, theme support, Ajax Push technology, and much more, PrimeFaces takes JSF application development to a whole new level!

Instant PrimeFaces Starter is a practical, hands-on guide to PrimeFaces that will show you how to get started quickly using PrimeFaces in your web applications and provides examples on how to design and develop compelling user interfaces using PrimeFaces Ajax UI components, PrimeFaces Mobile, and PrimeFaces Push.

Starting with the setup of your first PrimeFaces project in Eclipse, Instant PrimeFaces Starter will then take you through the process of designing and implementing the user interface of a social events web application that enables users to find fun things in their city. In this process you will learn a range of techniques for building innovative user interfaces with PrimeFaces UI components.

You will also learn how to build a mobile version of your web application using the PrimeFaces Mobile toolkit, leveraging the jQuery mobile library to extend your web application to Android, iOS, and other mobile platforms. Finally you will see how to build a live chat application with presence awareness that uses PrimeFaces Push technology to send updates to desktop and mobile users simultaneously.

Approach

Get to grips with a new technology, understand what it is and what it can do for you, and then get to work with the most important features and tasks. Instant Primefaces Starter is a fast-paced, introductory guide designed to give you all the information you need to start using Primfaces, instantly.

Who this book is for

Instant PrimeFaces Starter is great for developers looking to get started quickly with PrimeFaces. It's assumed that you have some JSF experience already, as well as familiarity with other Java technologies such as CDI and JPA and an understanding of MVC principles, object-relational mapping (ORM), and dependency injection (DI). The sample application included with the book is fully functional and demonstrates how to use these technologies together with PrimeFaces.