Section 8.2 Web Application Development with JSF

Learning Objectives

After you have completed this section, you should be able to

• use data from databases for your Java-based web applications.
• include Ajax-enabled web components in NetBeans web applications.
• use virtual forms.

Activities

• Carefully read the learning objectives.
• Watch the presentation for the section;
• Read online Chapter 27, JavaServer™ Faces Web Apps: Part 2.
• Review section 18.10 of Chapter 18, Database: SQL, MySQL, LINQ and Java DB.
• Find answers to the study questions below.
• See the document you find at https://docs.oracle.com/javaee/6/tutorial/doc/bnaph.html
• Do exercises 27.3, 274, and 27.5 of 27.

Study Questions

1. What is JSF?
2. How is JSF related to JSP?
3. How is JSF related to NetBeans?
4. How do you build a Java-based web application that presents data from a database?
5. What is the Ajax-enabled Autocomplete Text Field?
6. How do you access databases in a Java-based web application?
7. How do you interact with databases in an Ajax-enabled JSF web application?
8. How do you use Java DB?
9. Can you use MySQL with JSF? How?
10. How do you validate form data in JSP and JSF?
11. What is the Map Viewer? Where do you get the package?

Review

Do the self-review exercises in online Chapter 27.

Summary

Read the Chapter 27.