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The following chapters describe how to deal with classic/old style of JSF development. We recommend users to use JBoss Seam to simplify development, but until then you can read about classical JSF usage here.
Thus, in this document we are going to show you how to create a simple JSF application using JBoss Tools plugins for Eclipse. The completed application will ask a user to enter a name and click a button. The resulting new page will display the familiar message, "Hello <name>!" This tutorial will show you how to create and run such an application from the beginning along the way demonstrating some of the powerful features of JBoss Tools.
Here, we provide you with a key functionality which is integrated in JSF tooling.
Table 1.1. Key Functionality for JSF Tools
| Feature | Benefit |
|---|---|
| JSF and Facelets support | Step-by-step wizards for creating new JSF and Facelets projects with a number of predefined templates, importing existing ones and adding JSF capabilities to non-jsf web projects. |
| Flexible and customizable project template management | Jump-start development with out-of-the-box templates or easily customized templates for re-use. |
| Support for JSF Configuration File | Working on file using three modes: diagram, tree and source. Synchronization between the modes and full control over the code. Easy moving around the diagram using the Diagram Navigator. |
| Support for Managed Beans | Adding new managed beans, generating code for attributes, properties and getter/setter methods. |
| Support for Custom Converters and Validators | Fast creating of custom converters and validators with tree view of faces-config.xml file. |
| Verification and Validation | All occuring errors will be immediately reported by verification feature, no matter in what view you are working. Constant validation and errors checking allows to catch many of the errors during development process that significantly reduces development time. |
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