Practical JSF in Java EE 8: Web Applications ​in Java for the Enterprise

© Michael Müller 2018

Michael MüllerPractical JSF in Java EE 8 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3030-5_11

11. Starting the Books App

Michael Müller¹ 

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Brühl, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

 

Let’s recap the steps for the first dialog:

1. 1.

   Sketch and implement a preliminary overall layout

    
2. 2.

   Design the data model for the first dialog

    
3. 3.

   Implement the first dialog

    
4. 4.

   Add persistence

    

Page Layout

For the first step, we have to answer an essential question: which devices will future users of the application use? Preferably a desktop or laptop computer? Or mostly a mobile device? Or any of those?

The screen layout for a small screen usually must differ from the layout for a large screen. For Books, we’ll assume the user wants to access the application from a ...