JavaServer Faces Version 2.2 (JSR-344) is the standard for implementing the web layer of an application in Java EE 7. This chapter will see us implement the first part of our sample application. At this stage, we will not be using any UI component libraries aside from JavaServer Faces. Only in the last section will we turn to an additional library, PrimeFaces, in order to be able to fulfil the requirements laid out in Chapter 3. Our aim is to introduce the reader to the necessary technologies step-by-step as we move through the implementation process.