WA1316 WebSphere Portal v5.1 Programming 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 API. It also covers Struts and JavaServer Faces based portal site development. All labs are doe 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 Develop portlets using Struts and JavaServer Faces (JSF). Understand the motivation behind portals. Understand WebSphere Portal programming model. Use the Rational Application Developer (RAD) v6 based Portal ToolKit to build portal applications.

Topics
	Introduction to the WebSphere Portal Server Introduction to Portal Programming Portlet Development Using Rational Application Developer v6 Basic Portal Programming Advanced Display Generation Advanced Portal Programming Credential Vault Cooperative Portlets Struts and JSF 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. Prior knowledge of Struts or JavaServer Faces is required for those chapters only.

Duration
	Three days.

Course Outline

0. 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

1. Introduction to Portal Programming
	Topics Terminologies Portlet Instance Types Portlet Instance Types (cont.) Instance Type Summary Portlet Applications and Concrete Portlet Applications Portlet Modes Example of Using Edit Mode Portlet Mode - Advanced Portlet Window States Portlets vs. Servlets Portlet Deployment Descriptors portlet.xml portlet.xml cont Relationship between web.xml and portlet.xml Example web.xml Relationship between Portlet and Concrete Portlet Summary

2. Portlet Development Using Rational Application Developer 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

3. Basic Portal Programming
	Topics Design Pattern of Portlet Applications Model-View-Controller More on MVC Two Phase Request Processing The Portlet API The Portlet Class Portlet Life-cycle methods The Initialization Methods The service Method The login/out Methods The PortletAdapter Class PortletAdapter Class cont Example Hello World Portlet Example Hello World Portlet cont Creating a Portlet Code Generation Option Portlet Core Objects PortletRequest Methods of PortletRequest Methods of PortletRequest cont PortletResponse Methods of PortletResponse Methods of PortletResponse cont PortletURI Methods of PortletURI Techniques for Using PortletURI Example Creating PortletURI Example JSP Using PortletURI PortletSession Methods of PortletSession Example Using Portlet Core Objects Portlet Listeners PortletSessionListener PortletPageListener PortletTitleListener Example - Using Portlet Listeners Example - Using Portlet Listeners cont Portlet Configuration Objects PortletContext Methods of PortletContext Methods of PortletContext cont Methods of PortletContext cont Example - Using PortletContext PortletConfig Methods of PortletConfig PortletSettings Methods of PortletSettings PortletApplicationSettings Methods of PortletApplicationSettings PortletData Methods of PortletData Example Using PortletData Example Using PortletData cont Other Portlet Objects PortletLog Methods of PortletLog Configure Logging Behavior Logging Example PortletWindow Methods of PortletWindow Example Using PortletWindow Example Using PortletWindow User Methods of User Methods of User cont Portlet API Overview

4. Advanced Display Generation
	Topics JSP Custom Tags Why Use JSP Custom Tags Portal Custom Tags portletAPI tags <portletAPI:init /> Basic Controller to View Interaction <portletAPI:if /> <portletAPI:log /> <portletAPI:dataLoop /> <portletAPI:dataAttribute /> <portletAPI:settingsLoop /> <portletAPI:settingsAttribute /> <portletAPI:createReturnURI /> <portletAPI:createURI /> <portletAPI:URIParameter /> <portletAPI:URIAction /> <portletAPI:encodeNamespace/> Example of Using portletAPI Tags Example of Using portletAPI Tags cont National Language Support Static Translation Dynamic Translation Resource Bundle File Displaying Translated Text More on JSTL Internationalization Tags Example of Using Resource Bundles Multiple Device Support XML Transcoding

5. Advanced Portal Programming
	Topics Portlet Event Handling Portlet API for Event Handling Action Events The ActionEvent Interface The ActionListener Interface The PortletURI Object Example Action Event Handling Example Action Event Handling (cont.) Example JSP Using the Action URI Inter Portlet Messaging MessageEvent PortletMessage Message Sender MessageListener Example of Using Message Event Example of Using Message Event cont WindowEvent WindowListener Example of Using the Window Event Portlet Caching Enabling Servlet Caching Programmatically Control Cache Example: Cache Control 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 Writing the Portlet Service factory Example - AccountServiceFactory Registering Portlet Services Example - PortletServiceRegistryService.properties Using a Service from a Portlet Content Access Service

6. 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

7. Cooperative Portlets
	Topics Cooperative Portlets Basic Concepts Example of Click-to-Action Runtime Architecture of Click-to-Action Portlet Wrapper Class Enable C2A in Portlet Applications Creating Cooperative Portlets Development Steps C2A JSP Tags Scattering Scattering: C2A JSP Tags Example of C2A Source JSP Example of C2A Source JSP - cont Understanding the WSDL File Example of Target Action Descriptor WSDL Example of Target Action Descriptor - cont Example of Target Action Descriptor - cont Example of C2A web.xml Example of C2A portlet.xml Example of a Target Portlet Wiring Summary

8. Struts and JSF Portlet Development
	Introduction to Struts Struts and Portlet API Mismatch Customizing Struts The Portal Struts Servlet Portal Struts Processor Class Generating Portlet URI The Response Object Action Processing Display Rendering Default Display Page 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 Advanced: Sending a Message to a JSF Portlet

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

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