I have read a few chapters from the first edition but have not bought the new edition yet as I not have time to read it yet. But I have been waiting for it as it describes the new and current
JSF syntax. And I also hope that the code examples are easier to get up and running if they are written for the new libraries available on the net.
Anyway, here is a little question I feel not understand fully yet ... Why do I have to have a page that forwards so the first page (index page, main page) for the JSF application? What architectural thing prevents me from have the index page for the JSF application configured as the welcome page for the web application? Provided that the Faces
servlet is configured to handle that page of course.