Hi Rick the confusion you are talking about, is basically the same you have by jumping onto any framework. Mind you that I had to move from JSF to Struts for a project a while ago, and I had the same feeling backwards ;-)
A very good entry point into jsf is: www.jsftutorials.net/ But as is I can say, get a good book, there you have the info mostly centralized and preprepared for learning (Although I cannot give the Kito book a good recommendation as entry point, due to the fact, that it overwhelms you with sideinformation, it is excellent as reference literature though, and probably the best coverage of jsf technologywise, although much stuff in there nowadays can be solved easier) And yes you cannot get anything worthwile done without any component or extension pack, it is simply due to the fact that basic jsf limits itself to the html controls, you get with basic jsf basically the same set of components and to some degree functionality as with basic Struts. But one of the points of JSF is the component packs, and I think it should be more propagized that if you want to use JSF, also look for components, otherwise you will be in for a dissapointment. ADF as well as Tomahawk and others already are very extensive in their user interface coverage, and things become better every month. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
