What are the main disadvantages of Java Server Faces 2.0?

Question

Yesterday I saw a presentation on Java Server Faces 2.0 which looked truly impressive, even though I am currently a happy ASP.NET MVC / jQuery developer. What I liked most a

Answer 1

JSF has many advantages, question being on disadvantage let me add couple of points on it.

On a practical scenario of implementing a web project with in a time frame you need to keep an eye on the following factors.

• Do you have enough senior members in your team who can suggest best controls suitable for each scenario?

• Do you have the bandwidth to accommodate the initial learning curve?

• Do you have enough expertise in your team who can review the JSF
  stuff produces by the developers?

If your answer is 'No' for the questions, you may end up in a non-maintainable codebase.