Çagatay Çivici presented on the PrimeFaces UI component library for JavaServer Faces (JSF). PrimeFaces is an open source library that provides over 50 Ajax-powered rich components compatible with JSF. It started in 2008 and has grown a large user community with monthly releases. Çagatay demonstrated the rich editor component and component showcase, and discussed PrimeFaces' documentation, support forums, and future plans including JSF 2.0 integration and new components like drag and drop.

1. LONDON JAVAWUG, BOF #48
RIA with PrimeFaces
ÇAĞATAY ÇİVİCİ

2. Çagatay Çivici
Apache MyFaces PMC
Regular speaker (JSFDays, JSFOne)
Author and Technical reviewer of books
PrimeFaces lead
C0-founder of Prime Technology
FC Barcelona Fan

3. JSF Overview
Standard (JSR)
Component and Event Oriented
Integration with Seam, Spring, Webbeans ...
3rd party components
JSF 2.0

4. PrimeFaces UI
Open Source JSF Component Library
Ajax powered rich set of components
Partial Page Rendering
Clean Design (Compatible)

5. History
Started November 2008
0.8.0 release on January 2009
Monthly release cycle
0.9.0 on 1st of June 2009
Growing user community

6. List of Components
UIAjax DataTable
AccordionPanel Dialog
AutoComplete Editor
Button ImageCropper
Calendar Menu
Captcha Panel
Carousel Poll
Charts Resizable
ColorPicker Slider
ConfirmDialog Tabview
Tooltip Tree
CommandLink FileUpload
FileDownload GraphicImage
LightBox GoButton

7. Example: Editor
<p:editor value=”#{bean.htmlText}” />

8. Component ShowCase
DEMO

9. PrimeFaces Home
http://primefaces.prime.com.tr
Downloads
Documentation (180 + pages), wiki, javadocs
Support Forum
Issue Tracker
Source

10. Future
New Components
Drag&Drop, Layout ...
PrimeFaces 1.0 - autumn 2009
JSF 2.0 Integration

11. The End
Blog: http://cagataycivici.wordpress.com
Twitter: @cagataycivici
“Optimus Prime” in PrimeFaces forum
PlayStation 3 Id: “FacesContext”