PUBLIC MARKS from Jeepee with tag java

Creating AJAX and Rich Internet Components with JSF. JavaServer Faces (JSF) standardizes the server-side component model for Web application development but doesn't standardize the presentation layer at the browser. In a series of articles we are going to look at how JSF can fulfill new presentation requirements without sacrificing application developer productivity building Rich Internet Applications (RIA).

by Brad Neuberg 10/26/2005 This article presents an open source JavaScript library that finally brings bookmarking and back button support to AJAX applications. By the end of this tutorial, developers will have a solution to an AJAX problem that not even Google Maps or Gmail possesses: robust, usable bookmarking and back and forward behavior that works exactly like the rest of the Web.

The article arose from having to make a recommendation on which of the two frameworks to use in a real project. It's a task I can imagine many Java developers facing in the months to come.