Core JavaServer Faces, Second Edition

Chapter 11. Ajax

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• “Ajax Fundamentals” on page 530

• “JavaScript Libraries” on page 533

• “Form Completion” on page 534

• “Realtime Validation” on page 537

• “Propagating Client-Side View State” on page 542

• “Direct Web Remoting” on page 543

• “Ajax Components” on page 546

• “Ajax4jsf” on page 554

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Web developers have long been mired in the mundane business of form processing without the means to acheive the high level of interactivity common in desktop applications. Or so we thought. When Google unveiled Google Maps, they proved that web applications can provide rich user interfaces that are just as compelling as desktop applications.

Google Maps also set in motion an incredible wave of innovation whose effects ...