If you are a JSF developer who wants to really boost your applications, then this course is for you. This course assumes you have good grasp over Java and you want to enhance your applications using PrimeFaces.

About This Book

Develop a complete and fully functional web application based on PrimeFaces components
Learn how to AJAXify your applications via PrimeFaces
Features a systematic, example-based approach to utilize PrimeFaces as your top JSF Framework

Table of Contents

GETTING STARTED WITH PRIMEFACES
DEVELOPING A "MY GALLERY" WEBSITE - CLIENT SIDE
DEVELOPING A "MY GALLERY" WEBSITE - SERVER SIDE
TREATING APPLICATION ERRORS/WARNINGS/INFO/STATUS

What You Will Learn

Discover what PrimeFaces is and why is it useful to any JSF developer
Develop a PrimeFaces-based application using NetBeans
Configure PrimeFaces in an application based on local JARs as well as on Maven
Configure a PrimeFaces theme to make the application more visually pleasing
Work with the PageLayout and DataTable components to enhance the look of the application
Integrate the FileUpload component and add the Galleria component for a cool slide show
Monitor the application's requests and status using AJAX

In Detail

Any JSF developer who discovers PrimeFaces will tell you that it was love at first sight. Inevitably, PrimeFaces is perceived through JSF eyes, and this perspective acts as a magnifying glass for PrimeFaces features, such as more components, an amazing look and feel, finely grained AJAX capabilities, support for themes, powerful integration with JSF, and ease of use. You may think that PrimeFaces just fills in some JSF gaps, but once you get familiar with it, you will understand that PrimeFaces is much more than that. PrimeFaces is a simple and handy tool used to create heavy and complex applications.

This video course teaches you how to develop a complete web application using the PrimeFaces framework. The application shapes a virtual photo gallery, which is designed to cover a wide range of PrimeFaces features.

This video course has a simple structure. We start with an overview of PrimeFaces and then continue with the development of a complete web application. The application development starts by setting up a PrimeFaces theme and adding a page layout. We continue by adding the necessary PrimeFaces components (DataTable, Upload, Galleria, and so on). Once the components are in place, we focus on the server-side where we "give life" to these components. At the end, we perform some application tests and pull some final conclusions.

Rapid PrimeFaces is ready to take you into the PrimeFaces world where, as a JSF developer, you will find the perfect development environment for JSF-based applications.

Style and Approach

This video follows the "learning-through-example" paradigm. You will develop an exciting application using PrimeFaces and learn some of its great features at the same time.

Authors

Anghel Leonard

Anghel Leonard is a senior Java developer with many years of experience in Java SE, Java EE, and related frameworks. He has written and published a significant nuMber of articles about Java technologies as well as tips and tricks for many programming-dedicated websites. In addition, he has reviewed several books, JavaOne articles, and top-rated dissertations about Java. He has written two books about XML and Java (one for beginners and one for advanced developers) for Albastra, a Romanian publisher; four books for Packt Publishing, Jboss Tools 3 Developer Guide, JSF 2.0 Cookbook, JSF 2.0 Cookbook LITE, and Mastering JavaServer Faces 2.2; and two books for APress, Pro Java 7 NIO 2 and Pro Hibernate and MongoDB. Currently, he is developing web applications using the latest Java technologies on the market such as WebServices, JMS, EJB, CDI, Spring, JSF (PrimeFaces, OmniFaces and RichFaces frameworks), Struts, Vaadin, Hibernate, and so on. For the last few years, he's focused on developing complex rich internet applications for geographic information systems.