1. Create a New Web Application Project

A Web application project is an Eclipse Java project that contains the source code, web pages, images, resources, and configuration files for building a Java program that can be deployed to a web container.

1.1. Create new web application project

1. From the AppXplorer view, click on New Example Web Project . Expand the node JSF, select Workshop JSF Tutorial, and click Next.

   

2. Specify the location for your tutorial and click Finish to create the project.

   

During the tutorial we’ll make extensive use of the following views:

• AppXplorer view

AppXplorer logically organizes web artifacts allowing you to browse web components and manage web application projects. It groups Java classes referenced by the web artifacts under Referenced Types.

• Design Palette view

The Design Palette view lists the standard JSP and HTML tag libraries, the tag libraries declared in the web.xml file, and the tag libraries defined in your web application. It provides an easy way to insert tags into your documents by providing access to tag editors and wizards.

When you drag a tag from the palette and drop it into a page, it opens a wizard to specify the tag information, and the corresponding source code is generated automatically.

The JSP Variables section of the Design Palette view: This displays the variables available to the current JSP page and allows inserting variables in the page and navigating in the Java code associated with the variables.

• Properties view for tag editing

The Properties view provides three types of tag editors

• Smart Editor: This is a custom editor for efficiently editing the most commonly used attributes for a tag.
• Property Sheet: This displays all the tag attributes and their values.
• Tag Selector: This is located at the bottom of the Properties view and is used to activate the tag editor for a specific tag in a tag hierarchy.
• Outline view

This displays the structure of Java classes and web components in a tree form.

1.2. Review web artifacts

This is a summary of the different parts of the web application structure.

	Folder or file Overview workshop-jsf-tutorial Project folder with project name.    /web (Web App Root) Root folder for web application artifacts.       /Faces Configuration Lists JSF configuration elements.       /META-INF Contains metadata for your application.       /pages Folder for HTML and JSP presentation pages.       /Resources Support files (.java and .jsp files) and resources (images, .css file) for JSF application.       /Typing_Aid Text files containing statements for reference.       /WEB-INF Holds folders / files used as part of the runtime Web application.          /classes Holds class files for the web application.          /config Folder for configuration files.             faces-config.xml JavaServer faces configuration file.          /lib Folder to place third-party .jar files which is used at run-time i.e. .jar file for logging, tag libraries, JDBC drivers etc.          /src/java Folder to place Java source files.          /tld Folder to place tag library definition files.          web.xml Deployment descriptor for web application    /web/WEB-INF/src/java Folder that maps to src/java folder where you can place java source files.       /resources Folder to place the resource files.          application.properties Application configuration resource file.    /Referenced Types Java classes referenced by web artifacts.

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