JSF... My post-JavaOne impressions.

Jason

I came out of the Smackdown with the opinion that there was definitely some good stuff out there in the Web App Framework department. Tapestry, which I have heard nothing but good things about, looks outstanding. Webwork and Wicket, aside from having the most entertaining presenters (along with HMLS of course), look like they are both worth learning more about. The thing I'm most excited about though is Shale. I predict that what we will be seeing quite a bit of in the near future are Shale-based web apps leveraging JSF for the UI with the whole thing sitting on top of Spring. Time will tell of course