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PrimeFaces Cookbook

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PrimeFaces Cookbook

Overview of this book

PrimeFaces is the de facto standard in the Java web development. PrimeFaces is a lightweight library with one jar, zero-configuration, and no required dependencies. You just need to download PrimeFaces, add the primefaces-{version}.jar to your classpath and import the namespace to get started. This cookbook provides a head start by covering all the knowledge needed for working with PrimeFaces components in the real world. "PrimeFaces Cookbook" covers over 100 effective recipes for PrimeFaces 3.x which is a leading component suite to boost JSF applications. The book's range is wide‚Äí from AJAX basics, theming, and input components to advanced usage of datatable, menus, drag & drop, and charts. It also includes creating custom components and PrimeFaces Extensions.You will start with the basic concepts such as installing PrimeFaces, configuring it, and writing a first simple page. You will learn PrimeFaces' theming concept and common inputs and selects components. After that more advanced components and use cases will be discussed. The topics covered are grouping content with panels, data iteration components, endless menu variations, working with files and images, using drag & drop, creating charts, and maps. The last chapters describe solutions for frequent, advanced scenarios and give answers on how to write custom components based on PrimeFaces and also show the community-driven open source project PrimeFaces Extension in action.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
PrimeFaces Cookbook
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Introduction


In this chapter, readers will be introduced to PrimeFaces themes and the concepts involved. Later on, we will build on these concepts to learn the theming of the PrimeFaces components. The theming concept used in PrimeFaces is similar to the jQuery ThemeRoller CSS Framework (http://jqueryui.com/themeroller). All PrimeFaces components are designed to allow a developer to integrate them seamlessly into the look and feel of an entire web application. At the time of writing, there are 35 plus ready-to-use themes, which you can preview and download from the PrimeFaces theme gallery (http://primefaces.org/themes.html).

Powered by ThemeRoller, PrimeFaces separates structural CSS from skinning CSS. The difference between the two CSS concepts is the topic of the first recipe. Installation and customization of PrimeFaces themes along with creation of new themes will be detailed. We will also see how to adjust the font family and font size throughout the PrimeFaces components .Adapted...