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Course Title:	Apache MyFaces for Java Developers
Course Length:	3 Days
Course Number:	JSF300
Delivery:	Instructor-led, On-Site
Audience:	Java Web Developers with a good working knowledge of the Java Programming Language and experience with JavaServer Pages and Servlets.
Description:	Learn how to develop Java Web Applications using JavaServer Faces technology and Apache MyFaces. Students will learn the fundamentals of the JavaServer Faces technology and how to use Apache MyFaces to develop Web 2.0-capable Web applications using Ajax and the MyFaces user-interface components.
Course Outline:	JSF Intro, Overview, and Setup Understanding JSF Different views of JSF Comparing JSF to standard servlet/JSP technology Comparing JSF to Apache Struts Setting Up JSF Downloading and installing in Tomcat Testing JSF Setting up JSF applications Accessing JSF documentation Controlling JSF Page Navigation JSF flow of control The basic steps in using JSF Static navigation One result mapping Dynamic navigation Multiple result mappings Managed Beans Using beans to represent request parameters Declaring beans in faces-config.xml Outputting bean properties Standard JSF approach JSP 2.0 expression language The JSF Expression Language Motivating use of the expression language Comparing to the JSP 2.0 EL Accessing bean properties Submitting bean properties Expressions in output values Expressions in submission values Expressions for action controllers Accessing collection elements Using implicit objects and operators JSF Properties Files Loading properties files Simple messages Parameterized messages Internationalized messages JSF Event Handling Comparing action controllers to event listeners Action listeners Value change listeners Using JavaScript to submit form Browser incompatibilities Combining action listeners and action controllers in the same GUI element The JSF "h" (HTML) Package Most common usage Shared attributes Implied attributes Elements that can invoke action controllers/listeners Elements that can invoke value change listeners Elements that display lists of items Custom Apache MyFaces Components (Tomahawk) Tomahawk vs. Trinidad and Tobago Getting the MyFaces components Configuring MyFaces to use Tomahawk Most popular MyFaces components The Ajax4jsf Component Library Ajax motivation Installation Main Ajax4jsf Elements a4j:commandButton a4j:commandLink a4j:poll a4j:support Limitations on use of h:outputText with Ajax4jsf Other Ajax Toolkits Validating User Input Manual validation Implicit automatic validation Explicit validation MyFaces validators Creating custom validators Using JSF Data Tables Motivation Basic syntax Defining table headings Formatting tables with style sheets Displaying database tables JSP Custom Tag Libraries: Basics Java-based tags Components of a tag library Basic tags Tags that use attributes Tags that use body content Tags that optionally use body content JSP-based tags (tag files) Components of a tag library Basic tags Tags that use attributes Tags that use body content Developing Custom Components in JSF Main Pieces of Custom Components Java class that extends UIComponent Custom JSP tag TLD file that declares custom tag Entry in faces-config.xml JSP page that uses custom tag Simple output-only components Components that accept attributes Components that accept input Facelets and Page Templating Facelets motivation Installation and setup Basic mechanism Template file and ui:insert Client file and ui:define Templating with includes Why ui:include is better than jsp:include Handling relative URLs Passing data with jsp:param Using JSTL with JSF Obtaining JSTL documentation and code The JSTL Expression Language Looping Tags Conditional Evaluation Tags Database Access Tags Preserving the MVC Model Other Tags