This chapter describes the details on using JSF and JSTL.

Java Server Faces (JSF) is a Web application framework provided with the standard specification of JavaEE.

Java Server Pages Standard Tag Library (JSTL) is a tag library that has all the tags frequently used in Web applications.

The following table describes the organization of this chapter:

Table 3-1 Organization of this chapter (Using JSF and JSTL)

Classification	Title	Reference
Guide	Overview of JSF and JSTL	3.2
	JSF and JSTL functionality	3.3
Implementation	Setting up a class path (Setting up a development environment)	3.4
	Definitions in a DD	3.5
	JSF applications development flow	3.6
	Using a log (development inspection log) for debugging	3.7
Setup	Setting up an execution environment	3.8
Operations	To output and check the troubleshooting information	3.9
Notes	Notes on using the JSF and JSTL	3.10