Although I wasn't involved in the effort to produce these JSF-ied AJAX components, the least I can do is help get
the word out. Not a large palette, but some useful ones:
- Progress Bar
- Map Viewer
- Select Value Text Field
- Rich Textarea Editor
- Buy Now Button
- Rating component
- Auto-Complete Text Field
To obtain these components, assuming you have installed Sun Java Studio Creator 2.0, connect to the Update Center by choosing the menu Tools->Update Center.
In the Update Center dialog, you'll see both HotFixes and Samples. If you haven't already, I highly recommend to get the patches first, then download the AJAX samples.
Now the installation isn't seamless for Creator 2.0 (will be improved in the near future)
1) In the Palette window, right click on one of the node labels (e.g. Basic, the topmost node)and choose Manage Component Libraries
2) Click the Import... button located at the bottom left pane.
3) Click the Browse button and in the open file dialog, go up a directory then open nb4.1 and samples and complib. Then select ui.complib and click the Open button.
Back in the Import Component Library dialog, I just chose the default settings and clicked OK.
Automagically, two new nodes are added to the Palette at the bottom "BluePrints AJAX Components" and "Blueprints AJAX Support Beans"
For tutorials and articles, check out Cool Samples page
Feel free to leave comments about the components or post a topic on our Forum.
If you're attending JavaOne, check out the JavaOne labs . I'll be helping out with the AJAX lab
Happy Easter !
