This is the home page for using the "killer stack": JSF, Spring, Hibernate, JSF, and Facelets using Eclipse WTP. This is a tutorial promoting the software stack that I love.

SHJFT Mission

Outline

1. Getting started with JSF, Facelets, Eclipse WTP and Tomcat done
2. Using Spring 2 with JSF done
3. TestNG, JMock and Spring integration tests done
4. Handling error messages using AOP and Annotations not done
5. Developing an extensible validation mechanism using Spring style extension points done
   1. Writing new server validation rules for our validation framework
   2. Writing new client validation rules for our validation framework
   3. Doing field comparison at the Java level
6. Using Facelets to create a site template not done
7. [Creating a smart field composition component with Facelets, Spring and JSF] not done
8. [Creating a simple CRUD application with JSF, Facelets, Hibernate and Spring] not done
9. [Working with table sorting and such] not done
10. [Working with immediate event handling for categories and subcategories] not done
11. [Using Hibernate to manage our CRUD data] not done
12. [Creating a generic sortable, filterable listing with Hibernate, and Facelets] not done
13. [Using JPA and Spring PitchFork to manage our CRUD data] not done
14. [Creating a generic sortable, filterable listing with JPA, and Facelets] not done
15. [Using Tomahawk date field with JSF] not done
16. [Using iBatis to manage our CRUD data] not done
17. [Creating a generic sortable, filterable listing with iBatis, and Facelets] not done
18. [Uploading images with Tomahawk] not done
19. [Writing custom converters in JSF and Facelets] not done
20. [Writing custom validators in JSF and Facelets] not done
21. [Writing a custom scope in Spring] not done
22. [Using Spring Annotations project to manage JSF backing beans] not done
23. [Using JSF comp client-side validation] not done

Where do we go from here!

There is a lot of information out there that can support you in your efforts to learn JSF, Spring, Facelets, Hibernate and Eclipse WTP.

Here are some article we wrote on JSF, Spring, Facelets and Hibernate.

JSF

• JSF for nonbelievers: Clearing the FUD about JSF
• The JSF application lifecycle
• JSF conversion and validation
• JSF component development
• JSF is good

Facelets

• Facelets fits JSF like a Glove
• Advanced Facelets programming

Spring

• Object-relation mapping without the container
• Understanding the value of Spring
• Spring guide for managers
• ROI for Spring
• Spring Whitepaper
• Spring is good

Hibernate

• Object-relation mapping without the container

Training

• Spring Framework Training
• Hibernate Training
• JSF Training
• JavaServer Faces Training

We will revisit some of these topics as we continue with this tutorial series.