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[jsr372-experts] Re: [jsr372-experts mirror] Adopt-a-JSR Session for JSR 372

From: Kito Mann <kito.mann_at_virtua.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 10:59:20 -0500

Hello Josh,

 This is awesome -- so glad to see this. Do you have a blog post or another
link we can publicize?

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On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 3:15 PM, Josh Juneau <juneau001_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> The Chicago JUG adopted JSR 366, and last night I presented on JSR 372 for
> the Adopt-a-JSR initiative. Liferay of Chicago hosted the event (special
> thanks to them for hosting), and it was a two hour session in which we
> covered two tracks: New to JSF, and Hacking JSF.
>
> The "New to JSF" track was well received, and I hope that it sparks some
> new interest in JSF. I basically wrote up a sample JSF application, and
> Bob Paulin went through the project from start-to-finish, using NetBeans
> IDE, to show off JSF to those who were new to it.
>
> I spent much of my time in the "Hacking JSF" track, where we discussed how
> to download the Mojarra sources, build them, and add them to your projects,
> and also how to begin testing the new JSF 2.3 features. I made sure to
> mention that any issues should be tested against the Milestone releases,
> rather than the trunk or SVN sources. I took the group through the JIRA,
> and I also noted a few areas where the Adopt-a-JSR initiative could really
> help out (documentation, testing, feedback, etc.)
>
> We also took the opportunity to dig into the sources a bit, and we worked
> on JIRA issue 3429. During the course of the session, we were able to
> utilize NetBeans to load the sample project that was included in the JIRA
> for this issue. We debugged the sample, and pin-pointed the JSF sources
> (down to a method) that are causing the issue. We didn't end up with a
> resolution to the issue as we ran out of time, but this was a valuable
> task, as it provided our group the opportunity to dig into the JSF sources
> a bit, work through an issue, and also get some experience using the JIRA.
>
> All in all this was a productive session, and I think it was very well
> received.
>
> Josh Juneau
> juneau001_at_gmail.com
> http://jj-blogger.blogspot.com
> https://www.apress.com/index.php/author/author/view/id/1866
>
>