WA1371 WebSphere Portal 5.1 Programming Using JSR 168 Training and Courseware

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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 JSR 168 API. It also covers Struts and JavaServer Faces based portal site development. All labs are done using Rational Application Developer (RAD) v6.

Objectives
	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) v6 based Portal ToolKit to build portal applications. Develop portlets using Struts and JavaServer Faces (JSF).

Topics
	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.

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.

Course Outline

1. Introduction to the WebSphere Portal Server
	Topics What Is a Portal? An Example of WebSphere Portal Sites 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 Express WebSphere Portal Enable A Typical Network Architecture for WebSphere Portal WebSphere Business Integration Server Foundation 5.1.1 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 to J2EE Relationship to Servlets A Portal Site The Portlet Portlet Application The portlet.xml File Portlet Container Summary

3. Portlet Development Using RAD v6
	Objectives The WebSphere Family Eclipse Platform The WebSphere Studio Product Family Rational Web Developer Rational Application Developer Key Features in RAD v6.0 WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition WebSphere Studio Enterprise Developer 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 6 Installation Portal Server v5.1 Test Runtime Installation Configure Portal Server Test 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 Enabling Servlet 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 Continued: AccountServiceImpl Example Continued: AccountServiceImpl Registering Portlet Services Example: PortletServiceRegistryService.properties 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. Cooperative Portlets
	Cooperative Portlets Example Use Case Distinguishing an Action Data Source and Destination Location Steps To Set Up 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

9. 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 Advantages of JSF Creating a JSF Portlet Creating a JSF Portlet, Continued Navigation State Management Advanced: Obtaining Core Objects

10. 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?

11. 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

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