Training: Introduction to Web Applications development with JSF

Module 1: Getting Started with JavaServer Faces

• Lesson 1: List common requirements for web applications
• Lesson 2: Describe the JSF Web Application framework
• Lesson 3: Describe the architecture of the JSF Web Applications
• Lesson 4: Describe the development view of a JSF Application
• Lesson 5: Walk through a simple JSF web application
• Lesson 6: Review the lifecycle of a JSF application
• Lesson 7: Create and deploy a simple JSF web application

Module 2: Designing JSF Pages Using Facelets

• Lesson 1: Describe the hierarchy of UI components
• Lesson 2: Evaluate the structure of JSF pages
• Lesson 3: List the tag libraries supported in Facelets
• Lesson 4: Describe the JSF Core Tag Library
• Lesson 5: Describe the HTML RenderKit Tag Library
• Lesson 6: List common attributes of the HTML tags
• Lesson 7: Use common UI components to design Facelets pages

Module 3: Developing Managed Beans

• Lesson 1: Use JSR-299: Context and Dependency Injection (CDI) annotation
• Lesson 2: Declare managed beans using annotations
• Lesson 3: Bind UI Components with Managed Beans
• Lesson 4: Use managed bean scopes, including Flash
• Lesson 5: Use the Unified Expression Language (EL)
• Lesson 6: Use the faces-config.xml Configuration File
• Lesson 7: Configure beans in the faces-config.xml file

Module 4: Working with Navigation

• Lesson 1: Use static and dynamic navigation
• Lesson 2: Define implicit navigation in JSF pages
• Lesson 3: Configure navigation rules and cases
• Lesson 4: Describe the navigation evaluation process
• Lesson 5: Create a bookmarkable view

Module 5: Creating Message Bundles

• Lesson 1: Create a message bundle for multiple languages
• Lesson 2: Use a message bundle
• Lesson 3: Localize an application

Module 6: Using JSF Templates

• Lesson 1: Use the JSF Facelets Tag Library
• Lesson 2: Create a template and apply it to multiple pages
• Lesson 3: Describe how to use a decorator
• Lesson 4: Use the debugging feature built into JSF

Module 7: Converting and Validating Data

• Lesson 1: Describe the data conversion and validation process
• Lesson 2: Use standard data converters and validators
• Lesson 3: Configure default validators
• Lesson 4: Develop and use custom converters and validators
• Lesson 5: Work with data conversion and validation error messages
• Lesson 6: Use Bean Validation (JSR-303)

Module 8: Working with Data Tables

• Lesson 1: Use a Data Table component
• Lesson 2: Use column headers, footers and captions
• Lesson 3: Apply styles to Data Table elements
• Lesson 4: Customize a data table with a scroll bar
• Lesson 5: Enhance a data table with a sort table class

Module 9: Handling Events

• Lesson 1: Describe the JSF Event Model
• Lesson 2: Use action and value Change Events
• Lesson 3: Register event listeners
• Lesson 4: Describe JSF lifecycle events
• Lesson 5: List the Event model enhancements in JSF 2.0

Module 10: Developing Composite Component and Using Ajax

• Lesson 1: Describe the concept of composite UI components
• Lesson 2: List the elements of a composite component
• Lesson 3: Design and implement a composite component
• Lesson 4: Attach validators to a composite component
• Lesson 5: Use the Facelets AJAX tag to perform field validation

Module 11: Configuring and Deploying JSF Applications

• Lesson 1: Describe JSF Web application stages
• Lesson 2: Configure the state maintenance method
• Lesson 3: Describe the application configuration loading process
• Lesson 4: Install and upgrade JSF implementation for a web container
• Lesson 5: Deploy JSF web applications to the web container
• Lesson 6: Configure security for JSF Web Applications