WA1685 WebSphere Portal 6.1 Programming Training Outline

1. Introduction to WebSphere Portal Server
	Topics What is a Portal An Example of A WebSphere Portal Site General Portal Architecture WebSphere Portal Products A Typical Network Architecture for WebSphere Portal WebSphere Portal Server WebSphere Portal Server Architecture Page Aggregation Modules Portlet WebSphere Portal Built-in Portlets Portlet Application Portlet Mode and State WebSphere Portal Information Java Portlet Specification v1.0 (JSR-168) Java Portlet Specification v2.0 (JSR-286) Portlet Security Overview Portal Access Control Portal User Management Credential Vault Service Best Practices For Development Summary Review Questions Review Answers

2. Portlet Development Using Rational Application Developer (RAD) v7.5
	Objectives The RAD 7.5 Product Eclipse Platform Key Features in RAD v7.5 Views, Perspective, and Editor Areas Basic Operations with RAD Views and Perspectives The Java Perspective Portlet Development Support RAD 7.5 Installation Portal Server v6.1 Installation 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 Summary Review Questions Review Answers

3. Introduction to JSR 286 Based Portal Programming
	Topics What is JSR 286 Other API Alternatives Relationship With Java SE and Java EE Relationship With Servlets A Portal Site The Portlet Portlet Application The portlet.xml File Portlet Container Portal Server Portlet Window Summary Review Questions Review Answers

4. Basic Portal Programming
	Objectives 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 Relationship of PortletSession with HttpSession Example End of Portlet Life Portlet Configuration Portlet Initialization Parameter Portlet Context Interacting With JSP State Management Better View State Management Objectives Review Questions Review Answers

5. Portlet Preferences
	Objectives Portlet Preferences Example: Reading Preferences Updating Portlet Preferences Example: Updating Preference Validating Preference Update Example Validation Creating Portlet Preferences Using RAD 7.5 Summary Review Questions Review Answers

6. Display Generation
	Objectives Techniques in View Development JSP Custom Tags Available Portal Custom Tags JSR 286 Tags The defineObjects Tag More on defineObjects The actionURL Tag The param Tag The namespace Tag The property Tag JSP Expression Language Support 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 Summary Providing Locale Specific Preference Defaults Review Questions Review Answers

7. Advanced Programming
	Objectives Annotations @RenderMode Annotation @ProcessAction Annotation Portlet Caching Cache Scope Programmatically Control Cache Validation-based Caching How does validation-based caching work? Validation-based Caching Example Enabling Caching in WebSphere Portal Server Accessing User Information Steps to Access User Information Access User Information From Portlet Summary Review Questions Review Answers

8. Portlet Services
	Objectives Portlet Services Writing a Portlet Service Defining the Portlet Service Interface Example - AccountService Writing the Portlet Service Implementation java.util.prefs.Preferences Example - AccountServiceImpl Registering Portlet Services WAS Admin Console PortletServiceRegistryService Using a Service from a Portlet Example Content Access Service Summary Review Questions Review Answers

9. Credential Vault
	Objectives 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 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 HttpFormBasedAuthCredential Example - Using HttpFormBasedAuthCredential Summary Review Questions Review Answers

10. Portlet Communication Overview
	Objectives Portlet Communication Techniques Comparison of Portlet Communication Techniques Which Portlet Communication Technique Should I Use? Summary

11. Portlet Event Communication
	Objectives Portlet Events Example Use Case Setting up Event Handling Create Event Payload Event Payload Examples Declare Event in portlet.xml Declare Event Publisher in portlet.xml Declare Event Processor in portlet.xml Modify Source Portlet to Publish the Event The EventResponse Interface Modify Target Portlet to Process the Event Publish an Event in Response to an Event Wire the Source and Target Portlet Event Communication Between Portlets in Different Applications Complex Event Payloads and WSRP 2.0 @ProcessEvent Annotation Things to Keep in Mind Summary

12. Non-Event Portlet Communication
	Objectives Public Render Parameters Example Use Case Using Public Render Parameters Declare Public Render Parameter in portlet.xml Declare Render Parameters a Portlet Shares in portlet.xml Modify Source Portlet to Set a Render Parameter Modify Target Portlet to Get a Render Parameter Advanced Methods Limiting the Scope of Public Render Parameters Sharing Render Parameters Between Portlets in Different Applications Client-side Click-to-Action ("Live Text") Example Use Case Setting up Client-side Click-to-Action Specify a Live Text Source Specify a Live Text Target Using RAD 7.5 to Set up Client-side Click-to-Action Insert a Client-side Click-to-Action Output Property Insert a Client-side Click-to-Action Input Property Insert a Client-side Click-to-Action Menu Header Looking Underneath the Hood Summary

13. JSF Portlet Development
	JavaServer Faces (JSF) Basics Defining the Screen Layout Managed Bean Assigning the Model HTTP Request Handling Navigation Advantage of JSF Creating a JSF Portlet Navigation State Management Advanced: Obtaining Core Objects Creating a JSF Portlet Project

14. Composite Applications
	Objectives What Is A Composite Application? What Is A Component? Components and Applications Benefits Of Composite Applications Template Enabling Composite Application Support 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 Summary

15. Using AJAX in a Portlet
	Objectives 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 JSR-286 and AJAX ResourceURL The ResourceServingPortlet Interface Making an AJAX Request Ajax Portlet Example View JSP Portlet Where to Go From Here? Summary

16. Service Data Objects
	Objectives Service Data Objects Service Data Objects Why? Service Data Objects SDO - Components Data Object Data Graphs Data Mediator SDO Data Graph Components of SDO UML Model of Core SDO Components What is a Relational Record? Relational Record Relational Record Connection Relational Record New Connection Relational Record Properties Relational Record Column Selection Relational Record Configure Data Controls Relational Record Resulting Faces JSP Data Source Explorer View What is a Relational Record List? Relational Record List Relational Record List - Properties Relational Record List Column Selection Relational Record List Configure Data Controls Relational Record List Resulting Faces JSP Page Data View XML Artifacts Created for Relational Record addressRecord XML Artifacts Created for Relational Record addressList Configure Database Connection Details The SDO API Java API for SDO DataObject Interface DataGraph ChangeSummary ChangeSummary Interface Type Type Interface Property Summary

17. The Portal Designer
	Objectives What is a Portal Project? Creating a Portal Project Importing an Existing Portal Site Using the New Portal Project Wizard Portal Project Structure What is the Portal Designer? Portal Designer Outline View Palette View Properties View Navigating the Portal Creating a New Label Creating a New Page Adding Portlets to a Page Page Layout Basics Adding Rows and Columns Removing Rows and Columns and Merging Columns Changing Column Width Deploying a Portal Project Using the Portal Test Environment Deploying a Portal Project to a Remote Server Deploying a Portal Project Using the Export Option Deploying a Portal Project Using "Deploy Portal" Option Summary

18. 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? The Default.jsp Theme Navigational JSP Fragments The Control.jsp A Typical Layout of HTML Skins Directory Structure of Themes & Skins Creating a New Theme Creating a New Skin Custom JSP Tags Summary Review Questions Review Answers Objectives Creating a Theme Using the Portal Designer Creating a Skin Using the Portal Designer Setting a Theme's Default Skin Applying a Theme Applying a Skin Editing a Theme Editing a Theme's Files Editing a Theme's Navigation Editing a Theme's Styles Editing a Screen Editing a Skin Custom Theme and Skin Example Summary

19. Web Services for Remote Portlets
	Objectives Remote Portlets WSRP WSRP Architecture WSRP Benefits Information Artifacts Security Issues JSR-286 and WSRP 2.0 Pre-defined Container Events Summary

20. Portlet Build and Deployment Process
	Objectives Introduction Overview of the Build Process The Build Process Installing a Portlet Web Module How is a Portlet Web Module Installed? Deploying Portlets Within an EAR Managing Portlet Web Modules Managing Portlet 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 Summary

21. Portal Development Best Practices
	Objectives Architecture Best Practices Controller (Portlet) Guidelines View (JSP) Guidelines Configuration Management Session Management Security Guidelines Java Performance Tips Portlet Performance Tips Performance Testing Guidelines Summary

Appendix A. IBM Cooperative Portlets
	Objectives 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 Summary

Appendix B. What's new in WebSphere Portal 6.1
	Introduction Overview of Talk Portal Customization Theme Customizer Tool Client-side Aggregation Portal Collaboration Business Process Management IBM Accelerators for WebSphere Portal Once Upon a Time...JSR 168 JSR 286 - Portlets v2 Changes in JSR 286 WSRP v2.0 AJAX and Portlets REST Services IBM Portlet Development Bundled WebSphere Application Server Install Portal Sub-set Site Management Performance - Monitoring Performance - WSRP Remote Deployment WA1685 - Portal 6.1 Programming WA1684 - Portal 6.1 Administration Summary Contact and Resources

Appendix C. Struts 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

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WA1685 WebSphere Portal 6.1 Programming Training Outline

1. Introduction to WebSphere Portal Server

2. Portlet Development Using Rational Application Developer (RAD) v7.5

3. Introduction to JSR 286 Based Portal Programming

4. Basic Portal Programming

5. Portlet Preferences

6. Display Generation

7. Advanced Programming

8. Portlet Services

9. Credential Vault

10. Portlet Communication Overview

11. Portlet Event Communication

12. Non-Event Portlet Communication

13. JSF Portlet Development

14. Composite Applications

15. Using AJAX in a Portlet

16. Service Data Objects

17. The Portal Designer

18. Themes and Skins

19. Web Services for Remote Portlets

20. Portlet Build and Deployment Process

21. Portal Development Best Practices

Appendix A. IBM Cooperative Portlets

Appendix B. What's new in WebSphere Portal 6.1

Appendix C. Struts Portlet Development