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     <properties>
         <title>Introduction</title>
     </properties>

     <body>
         <section name="Navigation Top">
             <a href="./installation.html">On to the General Installation Guide&gt;&gt;</a>
         </section>

         <section name="Introduction">
             <subsection name="General Introduction">

                 <p>Welcome and hello to MyFaces Extension-Scripting, short Ext-Scripting. Ext-Scripting is an extensions
                     project for MyFaces. It tries to add scripting and rapid prototyping (artifact level hot deployment)
                     capabilities to JSF by adding
                     scripting languages and JSP like recompilation mechanisms.

                     Following link to the a video on YouTube shows you what Ext-Scripting can do for you:
                 </p>

                 <p>
                     <center>
                         <iframe class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="800" height="600"
                                 src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/g2YvzOloNyI" frameborder="0">
                         </iframe>
                     </center>


                 </p>
                 <p>
                     As the video shows, you can make changes to almost all JSF artifacts on the fly, and at the next
                     reload the changes are present.
                     The result is a reduction in server restarts and better turn around times. The
                     same rapid prototyping approach which is normally present in scripting languages and scripting
                     language based frameworks.

                     Additionally to that, Ext-Scripting integrates various scripting languages to be used in conjunction
                     with JSF, so that a mixed language approach becomes feasible within the bounds of the framework.
                 </p>

             </subsection>

         </section>
         <section name="Documentation">
             <p>
                 Ext-Scripting provides extensive documentation. Feel free
                 to browse our
                 <a href="./installation.html">Installation Guide</a>
                 or
                 <a href="./usersguide.html">Users Guide</a>
                 for further information.
             </p>
             <p>
                 Also
                 <a href="./download.html">download links</a>
                 are provided on the left hand side of this page,
                 as well as further information.
             </p>
         </section>

         <section name="Short Overview over Ext-Scripting">
             <subsection name="Supported for Scripting Languages">
                 <p>
                     Ext-Scripting currently only supports Groovy Java and Scala (1.0.3+) as dynamic languages.
                     Additional languages will be provided in subsequent releases.
                 </p>
             </subsection>
             <subsection name="Support for JSF2 and JSF2 Artifacts and Annotations">
                 <p>
                     One of the main goals of Ext-Scripting was to provide JSF2 support out of the box. Most new JSF2
                     artifacts are supported. Ext-Scripting even adds scriptability to the new annotation syntax of JSF2
                     by allowing annotations to be used in a dynamic manner!
                 </p>
             </subsection>
             <subsection name="Support for MyFaces">
                 <p>
                     Extensions scripting supports MyFaces only for now. Following versions are supported.
                 </p>
                 <ul>
                     <li>1.2.8+ (note support will be dropped soon post 1.0.2)</li>
                     <li>2.0+</li>
                 </ul>

                 <p>
                     Older versions are not supported due to missing plugin mechanisms which allow Ext-Scripting to work.
                 </p>
                 <p>
                     The JSF RI and Mojarra as time of writing are not supported due to missing framework hooks needed,
                     but Mojarra supports Groovy out of the box within the core engine. So for the time being only
                     MyFaces can be used. Also Portlets for 1.0.x are not supported, this limitation will be eliminated
                     in future versions. Support for Mojarra maybe will come post 1.0.x.
                 </p>
             </subsection>

         </section>

         <section name="Navigation Bottom">
             <a href="./installation.html">On to the General Installation Guide&gt;&gt;</a>
         </section>


     </body>
 </document>
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	<document>

	<properties>
	<title>Introduction</title>
	</properties>

	<body>
	<section name="Navigation Top">
	<a href="./installation.html">On to the General Installation Guide>></a>
	</section>

	<section name="Introduction">
	<subsection name="General Introduction">

	<p>Welcome and hello to MyFaces Extension-Scripting, short Ext-Scripting. Ext-Scripting is an extensions
	project for MyFaces. It tries to add scripting and rapid prototyping (artifact level hot deployment)
	capabilities to JSF by adding
	scripting languages and JSP like recompilation mechanisms.

	Following link to the a video on YouTube shows you what Ext-Scripting can do for you:
	</p>

	<p>
	<center>
	<iframe class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="800" height="600"
	src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/g2YvzOloNyI" frameborder="0">
	</iframe>
	</center>


	</p>
	<p>
	As the video shows, you can make changes to almost all JSF artifacts on the fly, and at the next
	reload the changes are present.
	The result is a reduction in server restarts and better turn around times. The
	same rapid prototyping approach which is normally present in scripting languages and scripting
	language based frameworks.

	Additionally to that, Ext-Scripting integrates various scripting languages to be used in conjunction
	with JSF, so that a mixed language approach becomes feasible within the bounds of the framework.
	</p>

	</subsection>

	</section>
	<section name="Documentation">
	<p>
	Ext-Scripting provides extensive documentation. Feel free
	to browse our
	<a href="./installation.html">Installation Guide</a>
	or
	<a href="./usersguide.html">Users Guide</a>
	for further information.
	</p>
	<p>
	Also
	<a href="./download.html">download links</a>
	are provided on the left hand side of this page,
	as well as further information.
	</p>
	</section>

	<section name="Short Overview over Ext-Scripting">
	<subsection name="Supported for Scripting Languages">
	<p>
	Ext-Scripting currently only supports Groovy Java and Scala (1.0.3+) as dynamic languages.
	Additional languages will be provided in subsequent releases.
	</p>
	</subsection>
	<subsection name="Support for JSF2 and JSF2 Artifacts and Annotations">
	<p>
	One of the main goals of Ext-Scripting was to provide JSF2 support out of the box. Most new JSF2
	artifacts are supported. Ext-Scripting even adds scriptability to the new annotation syntax of JSF2
	by allowing annotations to be used in a dynamic manner!
	</p>
	</subsection>
	<subsection name="Support for MyFaces">
	<p>
	Extensions scripting supports MyFaces only for now. Following versions are supported.
	</p>
	<ul>
	<li>1.2.8+ (note support will be dropped soon post 1.0.2)</li>
	<li>2.0+</li>
	</ul>

	<p>
	Older versions are not supported due to missing plugin mechanisms which allow Ext-Scripting to work.
	</p>
	<p>
	The JSF RI and Mojarra as time of writing are not supported due to missing framework hooks needed,
	but Mojarra supports Groovy out of the box within the core engine. So for the time being only
	MyFaces can be used. Also Portlets for 1.0.x are not supported, this limitation will be eliminated
	in future versions. Support for Mojarra maybe will come post 1.0.x.
	</p>
	</subsection>

	</section>

	<section name="Navigation Bottom">
	<a href="./installation.html">On to the General Installation Guide>></a>
	</section>


	</body>
	</document>