Problem with JSF h:selectOneMenu and dates

While implementing pages in JSF you will often encounter silly problems which may take hours to solve. The longest it takes to find solution, the stupidest problem usually is. This is one of such situations.

Generating PDFs with Apache FOP and Velocity

Generating PDF files is a common thing in web applications. For a long time I was using iText to accomplish this task but writing PDF’s content in Java code was a struggle. Nowadays iText is free for non-commercial use only which makes it even less sensible choice.