Which book for JSF?

[Abhijeet Kushe]

Dear Friends,

I am new to JSF and don't know anything about it.
Can you tell me which book is good for understanding the concepts as well as tags.

I have seen Actions in JSF and feel it has good concept but lesser tags while Core JSF seems to have good information about tags but less about the concept. I have not seen Complete Reference .Can anyone tell me which of the 3 books to refer ?

[Maneessh saxena]

Hey guys .... come on ... reply soon .. Even I wanna know which book is the best to refer if I am completely new to JSF.

Thanks Regards

[Martijn Verburg]

I recommend reading some reviews on Amazon.com

[Bauke Scholtz]

I personally recommend The Complete Reference.

[arulk pillai]

-- As suggested before do a search at amamazon.com and check the review comments.

-- Go through the sample chapters to see if you like the writing style, explanation, examples, etc.

[Demian Seiler]

I have found The Complete Reference by Shalk and Burns to be the best out there. The index and TOC are lacking, but the content is pretty good.

Amazon - The Complete Reference - Javaserver Faces

[Kavitha Govindaraj]

check this..

Java Server Faces from Orielly - Hans Bergsten

[Kavitha Govindaraj]

Some Good Links... (Many!!...)
http://www.developersbook.com/jsf/jsf-tutorial/jsf-tutorial.php#2
JSF - Chart component
http://jsf-comp.sourceforge.net/components/chartcreator/index.html
JSF ResourceBundle
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5314010&tstart=30
JSF - Datatable - Pagination
http://balusc.blogspot.com/2006/06/using-datatables.html (not working)
Inter application communication
http://balusc.blogspot.com/2006/06/communication-in-jsf.html
Integrate JSF with MDB
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5311728&tstart=150
http://venkatsadasivam.wordpress.com/2008/05/20/jsf-best-practices/
http://www.jsfcentral.com/listings/A20151?link
http://www.roseindia.net/jsf/howjsffit.shtml
JSF Tags
http://www.horstmann.com/corejsf/jsf-tags.html
http://java.sun.com/javaee/javaserverfaces/1.2/docs/tlddocs/index.html
JSF Lifecycle
http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/JSFIntro10.html
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jsf2/index.html?S_TACT=105AGX02&S_CMP=EDU
http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2473767
https://coderanch.com/t/211389/JSF/java/managed-backing-beans
http://www.developersbook.com/jsf/jsf-tutorial/jsf-tutorial.php
JSF State in Database: http://prime.com.tr/cagataycivici/?p=103
JSF Component Tree : http://www.javapassion.com/handsonlabs/jsfcomponenttree/
FacesTrace :http://facestrace.sourceforge.net/
Maintain View State on the client -->https://coderanch.com/t/213185/JSF/java/Life-cycle-Restore-view-state
https://coderanch.com/t/212996/JSF/java/Dissecting-JSF-component-lifecycle-phases
JSF over struts:https://coderanch.com/t/414491/JSF/java/JSF-Vs-Struts-Portlets-perspective
https://coderanch.com/t/212560/JSF/java/JSF-Notes-Events
Lifecycle methods with detail:http://jsfcentral.com/listings/A20191?link
JSF Custom Components
http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2004/07/16/jsfcustom.html
http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/article.tss?l=BuildingCustomJSF
http://wiki.glassfish.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page=JavaServerFacesRI#section-JavaServerFacesRI-WhatAreTheDifferencesBetweenServerAndClientSideStateSavingAndWhatAreTheBenefitsDrawbacksOfEach
JSF 2.0 Discussion Forum: http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?forumID=427&threadID=5309718
http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/article.tss?l=JSFAnti-PatternsandPitfalls
http://www.theserverside.com/tt/articles/article.tss?l=JSFTemplateComponent
http://books.google.co.in/books?id=_PKMfFziesAC&pg=PA1&lpg=PA1&dq=Facelets++by+Robert+Swarr&source=web&ots=MGDKdrOQI3&sig=s5relpA9t4cQRlGsvXgpJVNTjo4&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA3,M1
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-jsf2/

[Bindesh Nair]

For getting started, I would recommend

Core Java Server Faces 2nd edition

And

Java Server Faces In Action

[Himanshu Gupta]

you may also try JSF in action. Its a good Book.

[Abhijeet Kushe]

Thanks for the inputs guys

I have purchased Core JSF .I have read a bit of Actions and felt the starting programs was a bit complex for a beginner

[Ashraf Abu-Aisheh]

Many thanks to

Kavitha Govindaraj