Current Status The latest build of JavaServer Faces technology 1.2 is integrated into the GlassFish project. Click the Current Status link to read more about what's happening now with JavaServer Faces Technology and to download specifications and reference implementations.

February 21, 2006
Web Tier to Go With Java EE 5: Summary of New Features in JavaServer Faces 1.2 Technology In this 3rd article of the Web Tier To Go series, we discuss the major new features that JavaServer Faces technology 1.2 brings to the Java EE platform.

February 14, 2006
Now Available: Proposed Final Draft 2 of the specification Co-spec lead, Ed Burns blogs about the new PFD 2 version of the JavaServer Faces specification and its new implementation, available in build 37 of the GlassFish project.

February 14, 2006
Implementation of the PFD 2 version of the specification Build 37 of the GlassFish project includes a snapshot implementation of the PFD 2 version of the JavaServer Faces specification.

January 27, 2005
Join us in our public chat room! Come to our chat room, and meet and talk with members of our team. See the Community section at the bottom of this page for more information.

November 23, 2005
New Java BluePrints Solutions Catalog for Java EE 5 Released! This new catalog includes lots of new design guidelines, code, and applications for AJAX and JavaServer Faces applications. Check it out!

September 14, 2005
Sun Java Studio Creator 2 Early Access 2 Released! This release of Sun JavaStudio Creator offers improved stability, usability features, even more pre-built JavaServer Faces components to use and customize, and fixes that users asked for during the 1st early access release. Try it free!
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September 1, 2005
Create a Custom Render Kit with JavaServer Faces Technology Learn how to create custom render kits with JavaServer Faces Technology, version 1.2. See a really cool animated demo that uses custom render kits that render SVG and XUL.
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August 31, 2005
Read about the New Unified Expression Language Find out how the new unified expression language benefits all of the web-tier Java technologies. See a demo that illustrates the capabilities of this new expression language.
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August 25, 2005
JavaServer Faces 1.2 Proposed Final Draft Specification Available! Read about the enhancements to JavaServer Faces technology, including changes related to alignment of Java-based web-tier technologies, as detailed in the JSP 2.1 specification.
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JavaServer Faces Forum Drop in to the JavaServer Faces forum to discuss how to build web applications using JavaServerFaces technology.

Join us in the chat room at irc.freenode.net Converse with members of the team working on JavaServer Faces technology by joining our public chat room on freenode.net. After you access freenode with your IRC client for the first time, you register yourself with the following command:

/msg NickServ REGISTER <your password>

The password should be one that you don't mind others accessing. In other words, don't use a password that you already use for something else important.
Every time you log in thereafter, you need to identify yourself to the NickServ:

/msg NickServ IDENTIFY <your password>

Finally, after you've registered your password or identified yourselfe, you join the channel:

/join ##jsf

(Note the two ##). Happy chatting!

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