JSF, a Web component framework, is the only standard Java Web framework,” said Richard Monson-Haefel, senior analyst for Burton Group. “AJAX, which makes Web sites more responsive, is enjoying an avalanche of grass roots support because of its portability and seamless integration with HTML. Together, JSF and AJAX offer the benefits of standardization with a rich internet experience; a combination that will be attractive to many organizations

Unfortunately, it is a bit pricey at $799 per annual subscription license. I am going to download the trial at the weekend and have a look. I have been using the exadel Studio for eclipse and found the it very good. (Thanks Colin for the recommendation on this one.) I had been looking for a good JSP visual editor plugin for eclipse for quiet a while and this seems to be one of the better ones.

On a different note, I have decided to change my hosting service to InterAdvantage. I have got a pretty good package and will be transferring over this blog to WordPress as soon as the domain transfer goes through. I will post all new RSS feeds here before the change over.