Web Apps With JSF and PrimeFaces Training in Russia

• Understand the JEE Architecture and the role of JSF within it
• Learn the JSF execution model and component lifecycle
• Learn to leverage the rich controls provided by PrimeFaces
• Experience building apps with charts, themes and more

Fundamentals of the JEE Web Container

• How Enterprise Java (JEE) emerged during the 2000’s
• The role of the Web Container in Enterprise Java Design
• Types of components which can be deployed to the Web Container
• Declaring Servlets using XML and annotation driven configuration
• Extracting data from the request and formatting a response
• Forwarding requests between multiple web components
• Using filters to intercept requests and add advice
• Handling events at the request, session and context levels

Injecting Dependencies Into Web Components

• Declaring and naming CDI Managed Beans
• Adding lifecycle methods to your beans
• Scopes available for storing CDI beans
• Injecting beans via custom annotations
• Injecting objects via provider methods
• Configuring CDI via the beans.xml file

Introducing JavaServer Faces

• The evolution of the server page concept
• Comparisons between JSF and ASP .NET Web Forms
• Comparisons between JSF and Single Page Applications
• The move away from JSP to the Facelets view engine
• A simplified version of the JSF component lifecycle
• Installing the FacesServlet Front Controller
• Configuring JSF via the faces-config.xml file
• Configuring JSF via annotations and conventions

Creating Basic JSF Web Applications

• Declaring components on the Facelets page
• Declaring managed beans via XML and annotaitons
• Choosing the correct scope for a managed bean
• Using EL to bind values to bean properties
• Using EL to specify event-handling methods
• Configuring navigation rules and transitions

Making the Most of Facelets and EL

• The Unified Expression Language in depth
• The special operatiors provided by Unified EL
• Support within Facelets for Master Pages
• Support within Facelets for Composition
• Tag libraries provided along with Facelets
• Defining ‘Faces Flows’ within the application

More Advanced Uses of Components

• The JavaServer Faces lifecycle in depth
• Handling events at different stages of the lifecycle
• Controlling navigation between multiple pages
• Converting and validating data entered by users
• Creating your own converters and validators
• Designing and building your own JSF components
• Using JVM scripting languages such as Groovy
• Accomodating AJAX requests via partial processing

Incorporating the PrimeFaces Components

• Including the PrimeFaces library within your Web App
• The chart based components and the charting API
• Displaying data in grids, tables and lists
• Adding filtering and pagination to tables
• Styling components with themes and skins
• Adding client side validation and custom JS
• Using the PrimeFaces API for AJAX requests