PrimeFaces is an
open-source
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user interface
In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur. The goal of this interaction is to allow effective operation and control of the machine f ...
(UI) component library for
JavaServer Faces
Jakarta Faces, formerly Jakarta Server Faces and JavaServer Faces (JSF) is a Java specification for building component-based user interfaces for web applications and was formalized as a standard through the Java Community Process being part of t ...
-based applications, created by Turkish company PrimeTek Informatics.
History
The initial development of PrimeFaces was started in late 2008. Predecessor of PrimeFaces is the YUI4JSF library, a set of JSF components based on
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People
* Yui (name), a Japanese name
*Yui (singer) (born 1987), Japanese singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actress
* Yui people or Ibi, a Timucuan-speaking people in what now is Georgia, United States
Places
* Yui, Sh ...
JavaScript library. YUI4JSF got cancelled in favor of PrimeFaces in early 2009.
Since its release, PrimeFaces has been strongly supported by Oracle, particularly within the
NetBeans
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world.
Release history
Features
* Over 100 UI components
* Ajax Framework
* Mobile UI Kit
* Push Framework
* Dialog Framework
* Client Side Validation
* Theme Engine
* Search Expression Framework
Books
Packt Publishing publish books on this technology.
* PrimeFaces CookBook (2013)
* PrimeFaces Starter (2013)
* PrimeFaces Beginner's guide (2013)
* Learning PrimeFaces Extensions Development (2014)
* PrimeFaces Blueprints (2014)
*PrimeFaces Theme Development (2015)
*PrimeFaces Cookbook - Second Edition (2015)
Videos
* Building an App UI with PrimeFaces (2014)
* Rapid Primefaces (2014)
*Mastering PrimeFaces (2015)
See also
; Other JSF component libraries
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RichFaces
RichFaces is an open source Ajax-enabled component library for JavaServer Faces, hosted by JBoss. It allows easy integration of Ajax capabilities into enterprise application development. It reached its end-of-life in June 2016.
RichFaces is m ...
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ICEfaces
ICEfaces is an open-source Software development kit that extends JavaServer Faces (JSF) by employing Ajax. It is used to construct rich Internet applications (RIA) using the Java programming language. With ICEfaces, the coding for interaction ...
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OmniFaces
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Apache MyFaces
Apache MyFaces is an Apache Software Foundation project that creates and maintains an open-source JavaServer Faces implementation, along with several libraries of JSF components that can be deployed on the core implementation. The project is div ...
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Tobago
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ADF Faces (part of
ADF)
References
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Jakarta Server Faces
Java enterprise platform
Java specification requests