WA1547 WebSphere Portal v6 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 four day training class teaches students WebSphere Portal development using JSR 168 API. It also covers Struts and JavaServer Faces based portal site development. All labs are done using Rational Application Developer (RAD) v7.

Using AJAX technology with a portal site is increasingly becoming an option for developers. This class teaches an overview of AJAX and how it may be used in a WebSphere Portal web site.

At the end of this course, students will be able to:

• Install and use the latest Portal Toolkit
• Understand the motivation behind portals.
• Understand the JSR 168 programming model.
• Use the Rational Application Developer (RAD) v7 based Portal ToolKit to build portal applications.
• Develop portlets using Struts and JavaServer Faces (JSF).
• Use AJAX in a portlet

• Introduction to WebSphere Portal, key concepts and benefits.
• Portal programming model.
• Detail coverage of the JSR 168 API
• Introduction to Portal Toolkit.
• Struts based portlet development.
• JavaServer Faces (JSF) based portlet development.
• AJAX

Students should have intermediate knowledge of Java development using WebSphere Studio Application Developer. Knowledge of Servlet and JSP is strongly recommended.