In this chapter, we saw how NetBeans can help us easily create new JSF projects by automatically adding all the required libraries.

We saw how we can quickly create JSF pages by taking advantage of NetBeans' code completion feature. Additionally, we saw how we can significantly save time and effort by allowing NetBeans to generate JSF 2 templates, including the necessary CSS to easily create fairly elegant pages. We also saw how NetBeans can help us develop JSF 2 custom components.

We also covered some new JSF 2.2 features such as resource library contracts, which allow us to easily develop "themable" applications, as well as the outstanding HTML5 support provided by JSF 2.2—specifically the ability to develop JSF views using HTML5 markup and the ability to use arbitrary HTML5 attributes in JSF markup by employing pass-through attributes.