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JSF 2.2 - Build a Real JSF Web Application that connects to a Database - Most Popular JSF course

4.7
3,248 reviews

Created by: Chad Darby

Last updated July 2026

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What you will learn

  • Build a fully functioning JSF web application from scratch
  • Set up your JSF development environment with Tomcat and Eclipse
  • Read HTML form data with JSF
  • Apply HTML form validation with built-in JSF rules and custom rules
  • Integrate Managed Beans to handle business logic
  • Display data using tables
  • Add database support with JDBC: query, insert, update and delete

How it compares

Against the other 231 rated Udemy courses in Java on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 90% of them
  • Reviews3,248#72 of 232 by number of reviews
  • Length5.8 hoursshorter than 69% of them
  • Last updatedJuly 2026more recently than 86% of them

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Course Description

The most popular JSF course based on the largest number of students and excellent reviews.

Join over 5,000 successful students.

The course has 1,000+ Reviews! (the most for any JSF course, #toprated)

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Learn how to connect JSF to a Database ... Step-by-Step.

By the end of this course, you will source code for a complete JSF CRUD application that connects to a database.

You will understand every line of code for the project. I explain everything, step-by-step.


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Sample Reviews

The best tutorial about JSF that I found online. I would strongly recommend. - Iurie Borozan

One of the best tutorial series i have ever seen because it is well organized step by step which leads anyone to understand completely. - Arshath Shameer                                                     

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Covers JSF 2.2

All source code is available for download

Responsive instructor available to answer all of your questions.

Professional video and audio recordings (check the free previews)

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What Is JSF?

Java Server Faces is a popular web application framework for Java. In fact, it is the standard web application framework for Java EE. Granted there are other web frameworks around, but most corporate Java positions expect Java developers to have experience with JSF since it is an integral part of Java EE.

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Benefits of Taking This JSF Course

Knowing JSF can get you a job or improve the one you have. It's a skill that will put you more in demand in the modern web development industry, and make your software life easier, that's why it's so popular and backed by Oracle.

This course will help you quickly get up to speed with JSF. I will demystify JSF and help you understand the essential concepts to build a real JSF web application from scratch.

Build a Real JSF Application from Scratch

This JSF course  is project based and you will build a fully functioning JSF web application from scratch.

We start off with a brief overview of JSF. Then I show you how to setup your development for JSF by installing Tomcat and Eclipse. Next, you learn how to use the standard JSF UI components for reading HTML form data and displaying output text.

Advanced coverage includes how to implement HTML form validation. I also show you how to display information in tables.

Finally, the course includes JSF and JDBC database integration. You learn how to leverage JDBC queries, inserts, updates and deletes in a JSF application.

At the end of this JSF course, you will have a fully functional JSF application that connects to a database. You can use this application as a starting point for your project.

All of the source code and database scripts are provided.

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You Will Learn How To

  • Build a fully functioning JSF web application from scratch

  • Set up your JSF development environment with Tomcat and Eclipse

  • Read HTML form data with JSF

  • Perform HTML form validation with built-in and custom rules

  • Integrate Managed Beans to handle business logic

  • Display data using tables

  • Add database support with JDBC: query, insert, update and delete

  • Build a complete database web app with JDBC

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Student Reviews Prove This Course's Worth

Students who take this course seem to love it. In fact, more than 3,000 students have already enrolled. The course has 200+ 5-star reviews ... the most for any JSF course on Udemy.  #toprated

Those who have reviewed the course have pointed out that the instruction is clear and easy to follow, as well as thorough and highly informative. Other students enjoy the use of relevant examples throughout the course, as these make the content even easier to comprehend.

Check out all of the great reviews in the review section ... a lot of happy students :-)

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Compared to other JSF courses on Udemy

This JSF course is project based and you'll build a real JSF application that connects to a database ... all from scratch.

I am a very responsive instructor and I am available to answer your questions and help you work through any problems.

Finally, all source code is provided with the course along with setup instructions.

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Quality Material

You will receive a quality course, with solid technical material and excellent audio and video production.

This is my third course at Udemy. My first two courses were Eclipse IDE for Beginners and Java Database Connection (JDBC). These courses have received rave 5-star reviews and over 140,000 students have taken the courses.

I also have an active YouTube channel where I post regular videos. In the past year, I've created over 500 video tutorials (public and private). My YouTube channel has over 2 million views. So I understand what works and what doesn't work for creating video tutorials. I won't ramble on and on wasting time ... my videos are short and to the point.

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Prerequisites

  • Basic knowledge of Java is required.

  • Basic HTML knowledge is helpful.

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Target Audience

  • Java Developers: any level

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No Risk – Udemy Refund 

Finally, there is no risk. You can preview 25% of the course for free. Once you purchase the course, if for some reason  you are not happy with the course, Udemy offers a 30-day refund (based on Udemy's Refund Policy).

So you have nothing to lose, sign up for this course and learn how to build JSF applications from scratch!
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Instructor Details

Chad Darby

Chád (shod) Darby is an author, instructor and speaker in the Java development world. 

Chád is a contributing author to several Java books, including  Professional Java E-Commerce (Wrox Press), Beginning Java Networking  (Wrox Press), and XML and Web Services Unleashed (Sams Publishing). 

Chád has Java certifications from Oracle and IBM. 

He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. 

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4.7

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By Thomas Ortega on 8/17/2021

The course is pretty good as an introduction to JSF technology. I already had some knowledge but I feel I was lacking some essential concepts, I learned a couple of things that I think are quite valuable besides pure basics but some questions weren't really explained. I think you need a good understanding of JSE and JDBC, and possibly a bit of JEE, some HTML to understand this course completely, some concepts of JDBC are explained for sure, so you can still take advantage of the course. There are a couple of things that still bothered me, Chad is an excellent teacher but I'm the type of student that tries to get ahead if possible before going to the next step and that changes things on the way to make little twist and he usually explained the code starting from the client side to finish on the server side, while this is just an option, personally it made me backtrack a lot, since I just didn't want to copy paste from the code he provided. I also think that there were things left on the air that could made this course more well rounded like scopes, maybe cookies, JSF components, things like FacesContext that were just explained in a shallow way during the course. In my opinion being a course intended for beginners doesn't mean it just need to keep the content on the basic concepts, the app built is good enough for a introductory practice but is not very powerful enough to put it in your portfolio and tell employers you're competent enough on JSF. It's true that at this point we should be reading the API and from there grow our understanding of the technology but still I'm a bit unsatisfied. To wrap it up, if you know Java(JSE) and maybe JSP or Spring this course is a really good starting point to introduce yourself to JSF technology, but from here you will need to cover a lot of ground on your own. P.S: Another good point is that there's a team besides the teacher that answer your questions during the development, they answer pretty fast, and their answers are GOOD so you won't get stuck halfway there for an error you don't see, and even help if you do your things on your own way a bit like I did.

By Erik Adsawin Boonprakong-Kitching on 6/14/2021

I was having a hard time learning JSF, but this course made it actually feel quite easy. The course is very well structered to bring you up to speed on things regardless of your starting level. When I got stuck at one point, I left a question and in a matter of hours I received an easy to understand answer that explained what was wrong and how to fix it. I really appreciate what I got out of this course, thanks :)

By Ines Drebenstedt on 4/30/2021

Chad Darby is the best video online tutor I have encountered so far. His courses are well-structured, very beginner friendly, nice & motivating, in plain english, doesn't skip any steps, keeps track of the comment/questions to the tutor section and teaches best practices along with the content. What could you ask more for? Definitely recommended! - A very happy course student

By Felipe Augusto Dias de Almeida on 11/15/2020

Fast and complete.

By Achim Leitl on 11/8/2020

Easy to follow. Explaines from big picture theory to practical examples.

By Linda Linise on 10/11/2020

Oui.

By Rakhi Singh on 9/15/2020

Yes, I gained a lot from the course content.

By Camille LEOST on 9/11/2020

L'essentiel est dans le tuto. Mais je trouve que le sujet n'est pas assez approfondi...

By Marko Tomljanovic on 9/4/2020

Everything is clearly explained. I would like that the examples are more complex.

By ng Phm Tng on 8/23/2020

It's too basic, repeated and so much long.

By Anjali on 8/18/2020

Excellent Course worth it

By Eder Ramos on 8/17/2020

This is the best course about JSF, you can learn from stratch and once you have the basis knowledge about this techonology, you can jump in PrimeFaces.

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