WA1547 WebSphere Portal v6 Programming Training and Courseware Course Outline

WA1547 WebSphere Portal v6 Programming Training and Courseware Course Outline

1. Introduction to the WebSphere Portal Server
	Topics What is a Portal An Example of A WebSphere Portal Site Benefits of Portal Sites General Portal Architecture The Major Components of Horizontal Portals The Major Components of Horizontal Portals cont WebSphere Portal Goals WebSphere Portal Components WebSphere Portal Components cont WebSphere Portal Components cont WebSphere Portal Accessibility WebSphere Portal Packaging WebSphere Portal Requirements A Typical Network Architecture for WebSphere Portal WebSphere Portal Server WebSphere Portal Server Architecture Portal Container Portal Engine Architecture Page Aggregation Modules Portlet WebSphere Portal Built-in Portlets Portlet Application Portlet Mode and State WebSphere Portlet Content Publishing (WPCP) Portal Document Manager (PDM) Search Engine WebSphere Portal Information Summary

2. Introduction to JSR 168 Based Portal Programming
	Topics What is JSR 168 Other API Alternatives Relationship With J2EE Relationship With Servlets A Portal Site The Portlet Portlet Application The portlet.xml File Portlet Container Summary

3. Portlet Development Using RAD v7
	Objectives The WebSphere Family Eclipse Platform The WebSphere Studio Product Family Rational Web Developer Rational Application Developer Key Features in RAD v7.0 Views, Perspective and Editor Areas Basic Operations with RAD Views and Perspectives The Java Perspective The Debug Perspective Navigator View Package Explorer Outline View Task View Build and Validation Import and Export Project Templates and Code Completion Searching Setup Compiler Class Path JRE Switching Portal Development Support RAD 7 Installation Portal Server v6 Installation Configure Portal Server Runtime Basic Steps in Development Project Structure Portlet Project Create a Project Structure Working With the Project portlet.xml Editor Creating a Test Server Managing the Server Unit Testing Export Portlet Application

4. Basic Portal Programming
	Design Pattern of Portlet Applications Model-View-Controller More on MVC The Portlet Interface The Hello World Portlet Portlet Lifecycle - Initialization Portlet Lifecycle Request Handling Two Phase Request Processing The render Method The PortletRequest Interface The PortletResponse Interface The RenderResponse Interface PortletURL Example The processAction Method The ActionRequest Interface The ActionResponse Interface Example More on Render Parameter The GenericPortlet Class User Session Management Example End of Portlet Life Portlet Configuration Portlet Initialization Parameter Portlet Context Interacting With JSP State Management Better View State Management Portlet Preferences Example: Reading Preferences Updating Portlet Preferences Example: Updating Preference Validating Preference Update Example Validation

5. Display Generation
	Techniques in View Development JSP Custom Tags Available Portal Custom Tags JSR 168 Tags The defineObjects Tag More on defineObjects The actionURL Tag The param Tag The namespace Tag National Language Support Dynamic Translation Resource Bundle File Displaying Translated Text More on JSTL Internationalization Tags Example of Using Resource Bundles Static Translation Portlet Resource Bundle Providing Locale Specific Preference Defaults

6. Advanced Programming
	Portlet Caching Programmatically Control Cache Accessing User Information Steps to Access User Information Access User Information From Portlet Portlet Services Writing a Portlet Service Defining the Portlet Service Interface Example - AccountService Writing the Portlet Service Implementation java.util.prefs.Preferences Example - AccountServiceImpl Example - AccountServiceImpl - cont Example - AccountServiceImpl - cont Registering Portlet Services WAS Admin Console PortletServiceRegistryService Using a Service from a Portlet Example Content Access Service

7. Credential Vault
	Credential Vault Credential Components of Credential Vault Structure of the Credential Vault Slot Slot Scope Credential Access Level Single Sign-on Scenario CredentialSlotConfig Methods of CredentialSlotConfig CredentialVaultService CredentialVaultService Interface Methods Methods of the CredentialVaultService -cont Methods of the CredentialVaultService -cont Example - Looking Up CredentialVaultService Example Create a Slot Saving Credential in a Slot Credential Class Classes that Implement the Credential Interface Example Retrieve the Credential PassiveCredential UserPasswordPassiveCredential ActiveCredential ActiveCredential - cont HttpFormBasedAuthCredential HttpFormBasedAuthCredential - cont Example - Using HttpFormBasedAuthCredential Example - Using HttpFormBasedAuthCredential

8. Themes and Skins
	Topics Elements of a Portal Site Page and Label Page/Label Hierarchy Portal Site Navigation URL Theme Screen The Home Screen Skin Container How is a Page Rendered? Directory Structure of Themes & Skins Creating a New Theme Creating a New Skin Custom JSP Tags portal-core Tags for Rendering Portal Page Components portal-logic:if tag for Checking Conditions if tag for Checking Conditions Navigating Page Hierarchy Tags for Locating Portal Resources Tags for Generating a Portal URL Tags for Generating a Portal URL - cont wps Tags for Rendering portlet control icons wps Tags for Rendering portlet control icons - cont The Default.jsp The Control.jsp A Typical Layout of HTML Skins Summary

9. Cooperative Portlets
	Cooperative Portlets Example Use Case Distinguishing an Action Data Source and Destination Location Steps to Setup Cooperation Understanding the WSDL A Simple Source WSDL A Simple Source JSP A Simple Target WSDL Processing the Message in the Target Wiring the Source and Target Publishing Data from a Target Creating Cooperative Portlets in RAD

10. Struts and JSF Portlet Development
	Introduction to Struts Why Use Struts to Write Portlets Struts and Portlet API Mismatch Customizing Struts Portal Struts Processor Class The Struts Portlet Struts Portlet Framework Struts Portlet Framework Details Generating Portlet URL The Response Object Action Processing Display Rendering Getting the Portlet Objects Struts Logging Creating a Struts Portlet Project JavaServer Faces (JSF) Basics Defining the Screen Layout Managed Bean Assigning the Model HTTP Request Handling Navigation Advantage of JSF Creating a JSF Portlet Creating a JSF Portlet Navigation State Management Advanced: Obtaining Core Objects

11. Personalization
	Topics What is Personalization Personalization Recommendation Engine LikeMinds Recommendation Engine Rules Engine Personalization Interface in Portal Server Personalization Interface in Portal Server - Features

12. Composite Applications
	What Is A Composite Application? What Is A Component? Components and Applications Benefits Of Composite Applications Template Composite Application Design and Use Creating A Template Configuring A Template Edit The Template Layout Creating The Application Configuring The Application Using The Application Protecting Applications and Templates Defining Roles Roles Portlet Assign Application Members

13. Using AJAX in a Portlet
	What is AJAX? A Simple Example The Old Way The AJAX Way Two Key Aspects of AJAX What are the Advantages of the AJAX Approach? AJAX Technologies The Basic AJAX API Creating the XMLHttpRequest Object The XMLHttpRequest Object Basics Complete Example The Timeline Using AJAX from a Portlet Handling AJAX Requests Making an AJAX Request Where to Go From Here?

14. Portlet Build and Deployment Process
	Introduction Overview of The Build Process The Build Process Installing a Portlet Web Module How is a Portlet Web Module Installed? Managing Applications Managing Applications Managing Portlets Adding A Portlet To A Page Configuring A Portlet Copying A Portlet Application Copy A Portlet Removing A Portlet From A Page Uninstalling A Portlet Application

15. Portal Development Best Practices
	Topics Architecture Best Practices Controller (Portlet) Guidelines View (JSP) Guidelines Configuration Management Session Management Inter Portlet Communication Security Guidelines Performance Tips Performance Testing Guidelines Summary

16. Web Services for Remote Portlets
	Remote Portlets WSRP WSRP Benefits Information Artifacts Security Issues WSRP Producer: Steps WSRP Consumer: Steps

WA1547 WebSphere Portal v6 Programming Training and Courseware Course Outline

1. Introduction to the WebSphere Portal Server

2. Introduction to JSR 168 Based Portal Programming

3. Portlet Development Using RAD v7

4. Basic Portal Programming

5. Display Generation

6. Advanced Programming

7. Credential Vault

8. Themes and Skins

9. Cooperative Portlets

10. Struts and JSF Portlet Development

11. Personalization

12. Composite Applications

13. Using AJAX in a Portlet

14. Portlet Build and Deployment Process

15. Portal Development Best Practices

16. Web Services for Remote Portlets