Hi Mike,
At one point, we were able to open up JSF Templating as a Netbeans
project and build within NB. I think Karam who replied earlier was
also able to use JSF Templating inside NB.
I will try to work on this so that one can build both JSFTemplating and
demo within NB and sent instruction to the alias. I will keep you
posted.
As far as debugging, the Glassfish Admin Console uses JSFTemplating,
and i always use NB to debug the console. I can step into JSFTemplating
without problem, so you should be able to do the same.
thanks
Anissa.
Michael Phoenix wrote:
> Ken,
>
> Thanks for the information. Let me make sure I understand. All that I
> need to use JSF Templating in a new project is to put the jsf
> templating and jsf templating dynafaces jar, along with any Ui
> components I chose to use under WEB-INF\lib. Is that correct"
> I want to be able to use NetBeans to run and debug my projects.
> Currently I can only do builds on the command-line. The build scripts
> with the demo application like the JSF Templating scripts are
> extremely complicated and, from my limited experience with ant, not
> very standard. I have been unable to get the jsf templating build to
> work under NetBeans and nobody has responded to my post with reqards
> as to how to figure out why this problem occurs or how to debug the
> build script/NetBeans configuration. I assume that this means nobody
> has any more clue than I, concerning what the problem is. As the demo
> build script is similar to jsf templating build script, it is likely
> that it would have similar problems. To the best of my knowledge the
> product of the jsf templating build is not executable on its own,
> building it outside of NetBeans is not a problem. However, if I build
> an jsft application, I'm going to want to be able to use my IDE's
> debugging capabilities, which requires it be runnable under the IDE.
>
> Mike
>
> From: Ken Paulsen <Ken.Paulsen_at_Sun.COM <mailto:Ken.Paulsen_at_Sun.COM>>
> To: dev_at_jsftemplating.dev.java.net <mailto:dev_at_jsftemplating.dev.java.net>
> Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 21:51:04 -0800
> Subject: Re: JSFTemplating: creating a project with jsf templating -
> newbie questions
>
>
> Michael Phoenix wrote:
> > I'm starting to play around with jsf templating and needed
> > clarification on what you would need to do to be able to use jsf
> > templating in a brand new project using an IDE for web applications
> > such as NetBeans. I noticed that the tutorial references to Creator
> > components says that you need to put them in a lib folder under
> > WEB_INF. Is this for any project or just "demo"?
> The references to "Creator Components" are in reference to JSF
> "Components". This documentation explains how to use the JSF
> "Components" that are bundled with Creator. Components allow you to
> place tables, trees, text fields, drop down lists, etc. on your page to
> build your application. The "components" files are needed by any
> application that wants to use those components.
>
> If you do not want to use any extra components, you may use the JSF
> standard components as documented by any JSF book or online
> documentation. For example <h:inputText .../>, <h:form />, <h:dataTable
> />, etc. If you do this, you only need the jar files that are in the
> "dist" directory of JSFTemplating. Right now that includes the
> "dynafaces" jar file, but this may not be needed in the future...
> > I looked at the demo/WE-INF/lib directory and noticed that it
> > contained a number of jar files. Which of these are specific to the
> > demo appplicai\tion and which would be needed in another JSF
> > Templating project?
> See my blog entry at:
>
> http://blogs.sun.com/paulsen/entry/jsftemplating_dynamicfaces_easy_ajax
> <http://blogs.sun.com/paulsen/entry/jsftemplating_dynamicfaces_easy_ajax>
>
> This explains which jar files are used for what. The "demo" application
> also has an "app.jar" also which contains classes specific to the
> application. You may use the "demo" applicatoin as a template for
> building your own custom applications since it has the build files setup
> and contains almost no extra code. You can remove the component jar
> files if you don't need them.
> > Do your jar files have to be in this specific path or are you OK just
> > having them in your project's libraries folder?
> For Java EE web applications, jar files must be in the WEB-INF/lib
> directory.
> > I'm assuming that webui-jsf.jar and webui-jsf-suntheme.jar are ui
> > component archives, are there other jars that are required with them?
> > Is there anything else, besides the requirements for setting up a JSF
> > project, that is required for a project using JSF Templating?
> Putting the jsftemplating.jar file into the WEB-INF/lib directory is all
> that is required to setup JSFTemplating (if you have JSF already
> setup). For now, you must also include the "dynafaces" jar file that is
> in the "dist" directory.
> > I would suggest that a quick guide to setting up projects using JSF
> > Templating should be part of your collection of tutorials. If it is
> > and I just missed it please give me a little quidance as to where to
> > find it.
> https://jsftemplating.dev.java.net/tutorials/index.html
>
> The first tutorial "Setup Tutorial" is supposed to do this. Perhaps it
> doesn't clearly state that the "demo" app is supposed to be a template
> for a JSFTemplating app. Or explain what each file is used for.
>
> If you'd like to modify these files to add clarification, please do! :)
> Feel free to merge in any information from by blog about what the files
> are for, or add your own ideas. Just run it by this email alias before
> you check in any changes. You can edit these files at:
> jsftemplating/www/tutorials/
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ken
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mike
>