Adding external javascript in JSF

Question

I want to insert an external javascript file in my JSF page. So what I did is:

Now, the JSF file is named start.xhtml and both are sitting in the same folder. However, when I ran , there is nothing happend [ The javascript supposed to pop up alert when I click]. I checked the page source, and apparent in the .

What did I do wrong to get the RES NOT FOUND? I even put absolute path but nothing happened :(. Me sad panda.

Fyi, I am using the latest Netbeans.

Thanks, Song.

Answer 1

Try including your script this way

<script src="#{facesContext.externalContext.requestContextPath}/yourPathAfterWebpages/scriptFile.js" type="text/javascript"></script>