tivonator said
This was a good book, but it is now outdated. JSF 1.2 is now prevalent, and this book spends much of its time focused on JSF 1.1. It claims full coverage of both JSF 1.1 and JSF 1.2, but in many chapters (such as building a custom UIComponent), it describes the entire process for JSF 1.1, and then spends a page or two saying how it would have been different with JSF 1.2. Since JSF 1.2 is now prevalent, ideally this book would have been organized the other way around.
This is not the fault of the book - it is pretty well written and has good examples; technology has simply marched on and this book is now out of date. My low rating is not due to the books poor quality, it is due to the fact that people should probably look for alternatives that focus exclusively on JSF 1.2.
Kenneth P. Turvey said
This book seems to have everything in it that you need to become productive using JSF, but it is just plain drudgery to read. In addition, some of the examples don't work, even after you download them from the web site. The web site is supposed to host running versions of the examples, but they don't actually work.
There doesn't seem to be a concise collection of the standard UIComponents provided by JSF anywhere in the book, much less a quick tutorial on using each. This is my first JSF book and I can't recommend it to anyone.
critical_g said
As background, before reading this book I had many years of web development experience, including a few years of Struts and ASP.NET development.
This book is not simply a reference, as it starts off as a programmers' guide. The book begins with a "hello, world" type of application. Where it shines is in giving very specific instructions for getting that simple application up and running - such as what jar files to download and where to put them. From there, trying out the examples on your own is very simple.
The book is very well organized, and thorough. After covering the basics of JSF, it gets into the gory details of writing your own JSF components. It then provides a reference of the standard JSF components and the MyFaces components.
One minor complaint is that some of the text covering the basics is verbose and somewhat redundant. But, if you are new to web development and the Model-View-Controller pattern, the wordiness might be helpful.
Very well done.
Hayk Hayryan said
Very good book for novice and professionals, the book provide all details about JSF framework programming !!!
Jonathan O. Tan said
The book has very good coverage, my only complaint is that explanations are too long. I think the whole book can be condensed into 100-200 pages.
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