On 1/12/06, David G. Friedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Since no one else has answered, I'll give this a try: > > JSF is the base for everything you asked about. Only AFTER you are > comfortable with JSF implementation (the Sun JSF RI > or the MyFaces runtime) would I recommend you try Facelets, Shale or both. > > Facelets and Shale bring extra functionality on top of a JSF > implementation that each project's authors felt were > missing from JSF v1.1. Facelets brings a view definition tool, templating > and tile-like functionality to JSF. Shale > brings many pieces to JSF such as Dialogs/Workflows, Tokens, Variable > resolvers, extra functions to the view controller > a test framework, etc. One optional component of Shale is called Clay > which is functionally very similar to Facelets. > However, I have heard of people using Shale with Facelets instead of Clay > and who have almost everything working > normally. > > For more information, check out: > > Sun JSF RI: http://java.sun.com/j2ee/javaserverfaces/ > MyFaces JSF RI: http://myfaces.apache.org > Shale: http://struts.apache.org/shale > Facelets: https://facelets.dev.java.net/ > > *** Tutorials and other learning resources: > http://www.jsftutorials.net/ > http://www.jsfcentral.com/ > > Regards, > David
"What David said" -- he's got it right. Craig McClanahan
