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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

The differences between PrimeFaces Mobile and normal PrimeFaces


If you have prior experience of using PrimeFaces with standard JSF projects, then it is very easy to develop PrimeFaces Mobile UI because there is not much difference between PrimeFaces and PrimeFaces Mobile when it comes to the architectural style and usage except for the fact that mobile components are optimized for mobile environments.

PrimeFaces Mobile depends on PrimeFaces core API, but it differs in a few areas. The following are some of the differences:

  • PrimeFaces Mobile has its own render kit for mobile components

  • The mobile version has a few separate resources, such as CSS, JS, and icons, along with ThemeRoller for custom themes

  • PrimeFaces Mobile supports a subset of PrimeFaces components (or jQuery-based widgets) that are optimized for mobile devices

  • A mobile project requires its own specific configuration, such as a navigation handler, render kit, a theme context parameter, and a tab library for mobile components

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