WA1247 WebSphere Portal V5 Programming Training and Courseware

WebSphere Portal server is a way to host many web based applications in a central location. Users need to login only once and use all applications in a consistent manner. Customers and business partners can access the portal site and make use of all applications running in the portal.

This three day training class teaches students the WebSphere Portal development API. It also covers Struts and JavaServer Faces based portal site development.

Objectives
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
  • Install and use the latest Portal Toolkit
  • Develop portlets using Struts and JavaServer Faces (JSF).
  • Understand the motivation behind portals.
  • Understand WebSphere Portal programming model.
  • Use the WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD) based Portal ToolKit to build portal applications.
Topics
  • Introduction to WebSphere Portal, key concepts and benefits.
  • Basic administration (installation process, start and stop server, install portlets).
  • J2EE refresher (JSP, Servlet and JDBC)
  • Portal programming model.
  • Detail coverage of Portal programming API
  • Introduction to Portal Toolkit.
  • Target multiple device types.
Audience
Programmers who will be developing applications for WebSphere Portal Server.
Prerequisites
Students should have intermediate knowledge of Java development using WebSphere Studio Application Developer. Knowledge of Servlet and JSP is strongly recommended.
Duration
Three days.
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