WA1060 WebSphere Portal V4 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.

Objectives
	At the end of this course, students will be able to: Learn the motivation behind portals. Learn WebSphere Portal programming model. Learn how to use the WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD) based Portal ToolKit to build portal applications. Learn how to make your application accessible to multiple device types. Learn basic portal administration tasks.

Topics
	Introduction to WebSphere Portal, key concepts and benefits. Basic administration (installation process, start and stop server, install portlets). J2EE refresher (JSP, Servlet and JDBC) Portal programming model. Detail coverage of Portal programming API Introduction to Portal Toolkit. Target multiple device types. Create international content. Customizing look and feel using skins.

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
	Five days.

Course Outline

Chapter 1 - Introduction to WebSphere Portal Server
	Benefits of portal applications Description of WebSphere Portal and various editions Key features and definitions - framework, Portlets, Pervasive computing support, security

Chapter 2 - Portal Programming Concepts
	Introduction to J2EE Basic Servlet programming Basic JSP programming JDBC refresher Connection Connection pooling Statement and PreparedStatement ResultSet Portal API with respect to the Servlet API Deployment descriptors web.xml portlet.xml Relationship between the two Portlet modes and states

Chapter 3 - Using The Portal Toolkit
	Installation Development environment How to create a Portlet Testing and debugging

Chapter 4 - Basic Programming
	Portlet MVC using Portlet Core objects Listeners Configuration management objects Other objects

Chapter 5 - Advanced Display Generation
	JSP custom tags International content Multiple device support

Chapter 6 - Advanced Programming
	Portlet event handling Portlet caching Services

Chapter 7 - Portal Security
	Protecting portlets Getting user information Saving sensitive user data in the Credential Vault

Chapter 8 - Themes and Skins
	What are themes and skins Creating a new theme Creating a new skin

Chapter 9 - Basic Administration
	Introduction to administration WebSphere runtime Directory structure Starting and stopping the server Installing portlets Portal configuration management

Chapter 10 - Portal Development Best Practices
	Portlet coding best practices JSP best practices Configuration management best practices Session management best practices Internationalization best practices Performance tips

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