Maven Resource Dependency Plugin ReferenceOverview The main aim of the maven resource dependency plugin is reduce the amount of scripts and styles connections to the server when richfaces components are used in the appliction. By default RichFaces lib...
Thread RichFaces cache classes - are they needed ?
RichFaces cache classes - are they needed ?With trying to resolve RF-13475, I started to wondering: Why there are those cache configuration classes in RichFaces core ? Afaik, there are no tests (except the unit tests), ensuring that this caching wo...
RichFaces 5 RoadmapWith the recent RichFaces build re-structure proof-of-concept, we realized that in order to be effective with the new build we had to introduce some breaking changes. As such we are using the opportunity to kick...
RichFaces 4.x Release ProcedureThe document was converted to AsciiDoc and moved to the source code repositories: How-to Release the RichFaces 4.x framework How-to Release the RichFaces 4.x docs Deprecated This ...
Charts component - developer review?Hello I was assigned a task to cover the brand new charts component with some JS tests. As I was struggling with the API I realized it might be nice to make a developer review of the code. So here is...
Documentation for RichWidgetsAs we have identified a need for documentation, I believe the final solution shouldn't add us too much cycles needed for documentation a code for usage, so the documentation should be rather generated. ...
Thread Testing DOM (HTML markup) generated by Widgets
Testing DOM (HTML markup) generated by WidgetsWhen covering the widget code by tests, we need to test a generated DOM, that it has intended structure. I was curious how others do that and for example jQuery UI does care just about checking that there are ...
How to Build RichFaces 4.xThese instructions will walk through how to build the RichFaces 4 project.
Build Project Modules
Building Separated Modules
Building Whole Core Project at Once
Build Options
-DskipTests=true
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RichFaces Git Workflow ModelRichFaces Git Workflow Model
Branches in Detail
Naming Conventions and Placing of Branches
Issue Workflows
Commiter Workflow
First-Time Contributor - fork and clone the repositories
Contributor W...
Article Guide to use pull requests with GitHub and JIRA
Guide to use pull requests with GitHub and JIRARichFaces JIRA is using a Git-enabled workflow which have been introduced in order to support GitHub pull requests. This JIRA workflow satisfies that each patch (pull request) will be integrated into codebase....
Thread Moving the component sources to own Java packages
Moving the component sources to own Java packagesI have refactored all component related sources to respective packages. Right now we have separated those under single package org.richfaces.ui where each logical group has its own subpackage: https://...
Proposed RichFaces git workflowHello all, As a follow up to the recent deletion of the develop branch, I am updating the RichFaces Git Workdlow wiki page. I started with updating the graphic, please have a look at it and share any fee...
Thread Running IE in a windows VM just got a whole lot easier!
Running IE in a windows VM just got a whole lot easier!Hey guys, I just worked through the process for running Microsoft's free Internet Explorer virtual machines (on linux), and it got a whole lot easier than the last time I did it! The steps I followed a...
CSS Framework options for RichFaces 5Until now we've focused heavily on the Bootsrap project as the vehicle for the new RichFaces skin in RichFaces 5. However as Paul dijou pointed out at a recent IRC Tream meeting, there are a number of other viab...
Merging archetypes back to developI have found that some of the archetypes release branches started to diverge: develop: https://github.com/richfaces/archetypes/commits/develop 4.2.2.Final-2: https://github.com/richfaces/archetypes/commits/re...
Thread Summary of JSF and RichFaces Testing Efforts
Summary of JSF and RichFaces Testing EffortsIn the RichFaces team, we are strong believers in testing approaches, which can be seen with our test suite written using jsf-test framework and with our outstanding functional tests suite written in Ajocado/Selenium....
Thread DOM cleanup of RichFaces Bootstrap components
DOM cleanup of RichFaces Bootstrap componentsAs per RFSBOX-47, during the DOM cleanup in richfaces.js I've fired a cleanup event that is listened to by the body. The body in turn fires a cleanDom event that is listened to by each of the Bootstrap component...