Needlessly difficult, -- NOT CLEAR AT ALL

I tried reading the first chapter, got through half and realized that the overview was simply hitting the architecture big picture with no code (this is after reading the complete reference cover to cover) -- skipped to the second chapter cause I had no clue where the author was at on chapter 1. Chapter 2, trying to describe component extensions -- the code examples had a bunch of css. CSS? And no mention that css was a part or not a part of jsf. To someone without a design background this would be very confusing. Huh? Why? To take up space that's why.

This is a worthless book that obfuscates. My opinion, they put this thing together to capitalize on the hype surrounding jsf and ajax with no clue as to how to actually teach how to integrate the two. Finally the most annoying thing is about half of the copy starts out "in this chapter you will ... " then some worthless unrelated code and then another section with "in this chapter you will ..." Waste of my precious time and mental space to read this book. They should take a hint from NIKE and just do it rather than talk about it. CODE... examples and more code -- I don't want to read or waste time reading "in this chapter you will"...

Other Reviews

• Not a how to book
• Too many typos and quite confusing
• Needlessly difficult, -- NOT CLEAR AT ALL
• Moving beyond "Hello World" to cool applications...
• Advanced Guide