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Primefaces Cookbook Second Edition

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Primefaces Cookbook Second Edition
May, 2015 | 412 pages
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Table of Contents (20 chapters)
PrimeFaces Cookbook Second Edition
PrimeFaces Cookbook Second Edition
Credits
Credits
Foreword
Foreword
Foreword
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Getting Started with PrimeFaces
Getting Started with PrimeFaces
Introduction
Setting up and configuring the PrimeFaces library
AJAX basics with process and update
PrimeFaces selectors
Partial process and update with fragments
Partial view submit
Internationalization (i18n) and Localization (L10n)
Improved resource ordering
2
Theming Concepts
Theming Concepts
Introduction
Understanding structural and skinning CSS
Installing themes
Customizing default theme styles
Adjusting the font and size throughout the web application
Simple ways to create a new theme
Stateless and stateful theme switchers
Integrating Font Awesome with PrimeFaces
3
Enhanced Inputs and Selects
Enhanced Inputs and Selects
Introduction
Formatted input with inputMask
Auto suggestion with autoComplete
Usable features of inputTextArea
Discovering selectBooleanCheckbox and selectManyCheckbox
Choosing a single item with selectOneMenu
Basic and advanced calendar scenarios
Spinner – different ways to provide input
Slider – different ways to provide input
Rich text editing with the editor
Advanced editing with an in-place editor
Enhanced password input
Star-based rating input
4
Grouping Content with Panels
Grouping Content with Panels
Introduction
Grouping content with a standard panel
PanelGrid with colspan and rowspan support
Vertical stacked panels with accordion
Displaying overflowed content with scrollPanel
Working with a tabbed panel
Grouping of buttons and more with toolbar
The multipurpose output panel
Simulating the portal environment with dashboard
Creating complex layouts
Responsive layout with Grid CSS
5
Data Iteration Components
Data Iteration Components
Introduction
Selecting rows in dataTable
Sorting and filtering data in dataTable
In-cell editing with dataTable
Resizing, reordering, and toggling columns in dataTable
Making dataTable responsive
Using subTable for grouping
Handling tons of data – LazyDataModel
Listing data with dataList
Listing data with pickList
Listing data with orderList
Visualizing data with tree
Visualizing data with treeTable
Exporting data in various formats
Managing events with schedule by leveraging lazy loading
Visualizing data with dataScroller
6
Endless Menu Variations
Endless Menu Variations
Introduction
Statically and dynamically positioned menus
Creating programmatic menus
The context menu with nested items
Integrating the context menu
Breadcrumb – providing contextual information about page hierarchy
SlideMenu – menu in the iPod style
TieredMenu – submenus in nested overlays
MegaMenu – the multicolumn menu
PanelMenu – hybrid of accordion and tree
MenuButton – multiple items in a popup
Accessing commands via menubar
Displaying checkboxes in selectCheckboxMenu
7
Working with Files, Images, and Multimedia
Working with Files, Images, and Multimedia
Introduction
Basic, automatic, drag and drop, and multiple file uploading
Downloading files
Cropping images
Creating dynamic image streaming programmatically
Displaying a collection of images with galleria
Displaying a collection of images with imageSwitch
Displaying a collection of images with contentFlow
Embedding the multimedia content in JSF pages
Capturing images with photoCam
8
Drag Me, Drop Me
Drag Me, Drop Me
Introduction
Making a component draggable
Restricting dragging by axis, grid, and containment
Snapping to the edges of nearest elements
Defining droppable targets
Restricting dropping by tolerance and acceptance
AJAX-enhanced drag and drop
Integrating drag and drop with data iteration components
9
Creating Charts and Maps
Creating Charts and Maps
Introduction
Creating line, area, bar, and pie charts
Creating combined charts
Updating live data in charts with polling
Interacting with charts via AJAX
Basic mapping with GMaps
Adding, selecting, and dragging markers in maps
Creating rectangles, circles, polylines, and polygons in maps
Enabling InfoWindow and streetView on maps
10
Client-side Validation
Client-side Validation
Introduction
Configuring and getting started with CSV
Instant validation with p:clientValidator
Bean Validation and transformation
Extending CSV with JSF
Extending CSV with Bean Validation
11
Miscellaneous Advanced Use Cases
Miscellaneous Advanced Use Cases
Introduction
Programmatic updating and scrolling with RequestContext
Two ways of triggering the JavaScript execution
Adding AJAX callback parameters – validation within a dialog
Opening external pages in dynamically generated dialogs
Polling – sending periodical AJAX requests
Blocking page pieces during long-running AJAX calls
Controlling form submission using defaultCommand
Clever focus management in forms
Layout pitfalls of menus and dialogs
Targetable messages with severity levels
Conditional coloring in dataTable
Sticking a component when scrolling
Reducing page load time using content caching
Possibilities for exception handling in PrimeFaces
Index
Index

About the Reviewers

Aristides Villarreal Bravo is a Java developer, a member of the NetBeans Dream Team, and a leader of Java User Groups. He is also the CEO of Javscaz Software Developers. He currently lives in Panamá.

Aristides has organized and participated in various conferences and seminars related to Java, Java EE, the NetBeans platform, free software, and mobile devices, both nationally and internationally. He writes tutorials and blogs about Java, NetBeans, and web development too.

He has given several interviews on sites such as NetBeans, NetBeans Dzone, and javaHispano and developed various plugins for NetBeans.

He was a technical reviewer on one more book about PrimeFaces, PrimeFaces Blueprints, Packt Publishing.

I would like to thank my family for their support and patience.

Sebastian D'Agostino currently lives in Argentina and has earned his computer software engineering degree from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA). He has been developing with C, C++, and Java EE in a professional manner for 6 years. He worked for big multinational companies, such as Oracle, but also participated in freelance work. He was involved in different projects covering backend, middleware, frontend, and even functional analysis. His frontend experience includes Struts, PrimeFaces, and AngularJS. Presently, he is working for Banco Industrial (Bind, Industrial Bank) and studying for a master's degree in information technology and communications at Universidad Argentina de la Empresa (UADE).

This is his first book review, but he is currently also reviewing another book by Packt Publishing.

I would like to thank my parents and my family for their constant support in my life and career decisions.

I would also like to thank the authors for producing such a good reference book on a piece of technology that I am very fond of. My thanks also go to the Packt Publishing team for giving me the opportunity to participate in this project.

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