JSF is proving more and more competitive each day. A increasing number of companies are developing applications based on JSF. Often the same questions/problems/hints are valid for almost all users of JSF. Internationally some active communities have been established. Last
year a first encounter of JSF-entusiasts created the idea of "JSFDays Europe", a conference that allows to get in touch with the main players int he JSF-universe and to meet also informally. This first encounter took place in Munich, was organized on very short notice during the Oktoberfest. An intense session with the JSF expert group lead Ed Burns allowed the users to voice their wishes for JSF 2.0 and regognize the "approachability" of the JSF-people at Sun. Within Switzerland so far the contacts between the users are rather sporadic and more on a one-to-one basis. Hopefully some contacts have been added during the Jazoon-conference. We would like to go one step further and establish the networking between Swiss-JSF users. An active community can help in solving problems or even create components that are usefull for some or all members. And in Switzerland we encounter some problems (like i18n, as most of our applications need to be available in multiple languages) that other international users do not encounter or encounter later or to a lesser extent. The JSF-specification is driven by requirements that are brought to the Expert Group discussing the specifications. So far much input has come from framework-architects, appserver-providers and tool-creators. It's about time the actual users let hear their voices as well. Although the expert group members can be contacted and have proven to be very responsive, requirements coming from an official user-group have more importance. Establishing a "JSF user group" as a independant community or a "special interest group" under the umbrella of the "JUGS (Java User Group Switzerland)" could be the outcome of this meeting. The underline the importance of "interaction" and communication for the community, we propose short presentations with much space for discussion. Date: Thursday, 2007-06-28 (right after the end of Jazoon 07) Place: Zurich, close to the location of Jazoon 07 (but not yet defined) Agenda: - 16:30 - 17:30: HTTP-GET interface into JSF-applications Presenter: Ed Burns Abstract: First ideas on the upcoming GET-interface into JSF-applications. ... 30 minutes presentation, 30 minutes discussion on these ideas and their implications on the applications - 17:30 - 18:30 (resp. open end): JSF, Quo Vadis? Presenter: Ed Burns, Alexander Jesse Abstract: - Where is JSF heading? The Expert Group is forming and discussing the next version of the JSF-spec right now. What are the ideas driving the EG? - Where is JSF heading in Switzerland? Can we say a User Group is forming right now? What could be the plans of this group? Should it participate in the "JSFDays Europe" initiative? In order to plan the upcoming first meeting (room,...) we would appreciate feedback from all interested people. Also from those that cannot come to the first meeting, but would welcome the foundation of the JSF Special-Interest-Group Switzerland.