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[announcement] JTK: An Ajax JSF Component Development Framework

From: noah <iamnoah_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2007 18:42:55 -0500

Hi Guys, I've got a little sales pitch, but it's not too OT :)

If you've ever had to develop a JSF component, you know it's not the
simplest thing in the world. If you want to Ajax enable your
component, you can either roll your own Ajax framework, which makes it
a big hassle for anyone that wants to use it, or tie yourself to an
existing JSF Ajax framework, e.g. Trinidad PPR, Ajax4JSF, DynaFaces,
etc. which means your component probably can't be used with the other
frameworks.

Well, in bried, I managed to get a master's degree by coming up with a
solution [1] to this 'problem', which is now an open source project.
If you want to write Ajaxy JSF components that can be used with any
JSF Ajax framework, do write them, tried component writing and thought
it was too much work, or are the least bit interested, please give it
a try [2]. It only takes 15 minutes.

Currently we support Trinidad PPR (1.2 only) and DynaFaces. i.e. if
you write an Ajax enabled component, it will work automagically with
both frameworks. We're also working on Ajax4JSF support.

Feedback, interest, donations, suggestions for a better name, etc. are
greatly appreciated. Sorry, no offers of marriage; already, happily.

[1] Google Code Page: http://www.jsftoolkit.com/

[2] Developer's Guide:
http://decenturl.com/jsftoolkit/jtk-jsf-ajax-component-framework

[3] Mailing List: jsf-toolkit_at_googlegroups.com

Cheers,
Noah

P.S. For those of you on more than one JSF list, sorry for the x-post.