Nicholas Hagen

One of the areas of JSF that I think suffers compared to other models such as JSP, PHP, etc is that it requires two paths instead of one. In JSP, for example, code is compiled directly into Java bytecode. That code is then directly executed when the servlet is accessed. As a result, a single [...]

In my years of JSF development, especially with respect to Facelets, I have come to both love and hate JSTL. JSTL without Facelets is even more of a nightmare and I would strongly recommend considering otherwise. JSTL with Facelets is a little better, but still requires a full understanding of how Facelets interacts with JSF [...]