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Primefaces Theme development

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Primefaces Theme development

Overview of this book

Developing stunning themes for web applications has never been easier! PrimeFaces delivers a powerful set of features that enables JSF developers to create and customize awesome themes on the web. It is very easy to use because it comes as a single JAR file and requires no mandatory XML configuration. With more than 30 out-of-the-box themes, jQuery integration, a mobile UI toolkit, Ajax Push technology, and much more, PrimeFaces takes JSF application development to a whole new level! This book is a hands-on example-rich guide to creating and customizing PrimeFaces themes using available tools. Beginning with creating a JSF project and integrating the PrimeFaces library, this book will introduce you to the features of theme components, how these are structured, and how PrimeFaces uses JQuery UI to apply a theme to your application. You will learn to examine and change the CSS rules and get creative by setting standard icons and adding new icons to them. You will use a combination of JavaScript and CSS to enhance your application with help of scheduler component and go on to adapt and package your custom theme so that it is compatible with the Resource Manager. Finally, you will explore PrimeFaces mobile apps, ensuring themes are compatible with your mobile applications best practices for theme design.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
PrimeFaces Theme Development
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Summary


In this chapter, we explored premium themes and layouts, Less support for easy customization of CSS styles, Google Material Design in brand-new layouts and themes, the various features provided by different types of premium themes and layouts, and some third-party converters that are used to convert the ThemeRoller themes to the PrimeFaces-compatible theme JAR files.

After reading this book, you will be a professional designer or developer who can create PrimeFaces applications using various built-in and custom themes. You are familiar with the different ways that can be used to create a design with an awesome look and feel as per the modern trends and requirements. You also know how various latest web technologies and tools helps to create to optimized, flexible, and responsive applications. You can now create themes with best practices and apply them on desktop and mobile platforms.

The advanced premium themes and layouts keep on evolving and being released on a periodic basis with...