Why you should avoid JSF

For a long time JSF for me was just another webframework I didn’t cared too much about. This changed. After…

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WAI-ARIA support for AutoComplete widget

In this post I would like to discuss the accessibility for an AutoComplete widget. A typically AutoComplete widget provides suggestions…

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Embedding a XMPP server inside your JSF Web Application using Vysper, TomEE and PrimeFaces

I have an application that needs to notify the user when some job is done. It uses JSF and Primefaces,…

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Brand new JSF components in PrimeFaces Extensions

The PrimeFaces Extensions team is glad to announce several new components for the upcoming 3.0.0 main release. Our new committer…

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How JSF Works and how to Debug it – is polyglot an alternative?

JSF is not what we often think it is. It’s also a framework that can be somewhat tricky to debug,…

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The Java Origins of Angular JS: Angular vs JSF vs GWT

A superheroic Javascript framework needs a good origin story. Let’s try to patch it together, while going over the use…

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How to get JSON response from JSF?

Many JavaScript widgets expect data and options in JSON format. Nowadays, it is really easy to choose a cool widget…

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How to implement a custom password strength indicator in JSF

Verifying password strength using JavaScript is a common task. In this post, I will show how to add a password…

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Primefaces DataTable Lazy Loading with pagination, filtering and sorting using JPA Criteria, @ViewScoped

Primefaces datatable lazy pagination works, but I was really frustrated after searching for a full example using Criteria in the…

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