Horstmann C. Core JavaServer Faces 3ed 2010

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JSF is the standard Java EE technology for building web user interfaces. It provides a powerful framework for developing server-side applications, allowing you to cleanly separate visual presentation and application logic. JSF 2.0 is a major upgrade that not only adds many useful features but also greatly simplifies the programming model, by using annotations and convention over configuration for common tasks