Face Up to Web Application Design Using JSF and MyFaces

JSF is different than most Java Web-application frameworks, such as Struts, which treat each page request as a single event. JSF pages are comprised of multiple components that can each trigger individual events. Each component represents one or more Web page elements capable of generating dynamic output or providing user input. In JSF parlance, an individual component such as a text box or a button is said to be a simple component. A compound component is one that is comprised of multiple elements such as a table. The JSF component model is similar to the component model that traditional non-Web MVC frameworks such as Swing use. One benefit of this component model is that it should foster the creation of development tools that allow user interface designers to drag and drop components into a layout. Then, after creating a visual layout of the components, the developer(s) can write event-handling code that will allow the view components to interact with the application model. This could allow for faster GUI creation for prototyping and while doing rapid application development (RAD)