RichFaces Vs PrimeFaces (for performance) [closed]

Answer 1

Here are my two cents: Primefaces vs Icefaces vs RichFaces Hope it helps, Francesco

Answer 2

Currently Primefaces is the only component lib that I know of (for now) that has a complete JSF2 implementation. There are bugs and problems, and some components are to be rewritten, but development is lightning fast, the communication is excellent (I don't remember a single post on their support forum that hasn't been answered by Cagatay himself), and it is moving in the right direction (the new theming system is an example of that IMHO). I think Primefaces will be a mature JSF2 component lib by the end of the year.

There are some others, like Icefaces that I played with for a short time, but they are moving slowly and like I said, none of them are really JSF2 yet. Part of the reason for this is that Mojarra, the Sun reference implementation is quite buggy, and there some serious bugs that these component lib developers are waiting for to get fixed.

So my vote is definitely on Primefaces for now, we'll see how it will look like later.

Answer 3

Primefaces are much more better than any other faces Read more

Answer 4

Benchmark considering Icefaces, RichFaces and PrimeFaces:

http://www.patternizando.com.br/2011/04/jsf-2-0-comparacao-de-desempenho-icefaces-primefaces-e-richfaces/

Answer 5

I have been using Primefaces since it seems more complete than the others. The thing about it is it is under very active development. The current development release is PrimeFaces 3.0 Milestone 3.

Version 2.2 is more stable, but it is painful to commit to it because you want the features that are appearing in version 3.

There are lots of bugs and undocumented quirks in the development releases. If you can cope with those then I would say go for PF 3. If you can't use PF 2.2 or something else.

Just one example: I have spent three days of my project trying to get one little composite component to work. It still doesn't work and I spent those three days fooling around rather than writing my application. You can post the the user form and maybe they will respond and maybe not. Unless you buy the support there is no way to escalate it, which is fair I guess but not very convenient when you can't afford it.

Another way of putting it is to look at their showcase. If what you want to do is there, it will work. For V3 that is the only documentation you are going to get. If you try to do anything the showcase doesn't specifically show, you are on your own.

Answer 6

I have used both in the same project. So no need to drop either of them.