August 5, 2004

Another JSF Article

Qusay H. Mahmoud has published what, at a quick glance, looks like a useful article on Developing Web Applications with Java ServerFaces.

Having presented an overview of JSF a few months ago and seen the JSF support provided by WSAD 5.1.2 I'm watching this space with interest. Whilst I'm not convinced about the wisdom of using JSF for a production application just yet, perhaps my view will have changed by early next year.

Posted to Software Development by Keith Pitty
Comments

Hmm.. I'm curious to know why you think JSF is not
suitable for production applications.
Thanks.

Posted by: Sundar Narasimhan at September 5, 2004 1:23 AM

Sundar: As I said, I'm not convinced JSF is ready for production use YET. It's new technology and unproven. With any new technology there is a learning curve, the cost of which must be weighed against any benefits.

And in the case of JSF I'm not convinced of the benefits due to it's dependence on code-generating tools which hide a complex model. My inclination tells me to wait for others to resolve the early problems.

But I'm prepared to be persuaded. JSF has strong backing from Sun so I'm interested in watching how well it is accepted in the J2EE community. I intend taking another closer look in the new year.

Posted by: Keith Pitty at September 5, 2004 10:02 PM