April 21, 2011 
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JSF is not perfect, no framework is. JSF 2 is a major upgrade over JSF 1.2 and if you include a rich component library such as RichFaces (and plus Seam) you get a pretty powerful tool set for building Java web applications.
(Full Story: Reply to “Top 10 reasons why I don’t like JSF”)
April 7, 2011 0 Comments
Choosing a Framework:
1. Developer Productivity
2. Developer Perception
3. Learning Curve
4. Project Health
5. Developer Availability
6. Job Trends
7. Templating
8. Components
9. Ajax
10. Plugins or Add-Ons
11. Scalability
12. Testing Support
13. i18n and l10n
14. Validation
15. Multi-language Support (Groovy / Scala)
16. Quality of Documentation/Tutorials
17. Books Published
18. REST Support (client and server)
19. Mobile / iPhone Support
20. Degree of Risk
(Full Story: Matt Raible’s – Comparing JVM Frameworks (April 2011 updarte))
April 7, 2011 0 Comments
“I hate JSF with a passion”
(Full Story: Video – James Gosling on Apple, Apache, Google, Oracle and the Future of Java)
