Portal Application Development using RAD v7.0

Onsite Instructor-Led Format

Audience	Experienced Java and Web developers that will be developing portal applications on the IBM Portal Server using RAD v6.0
Duration	4-5 Days
Course Abstract	This course utilizes a combination of instructor-led discussions and interactive workshops to demonstrate the capabilities of IBM’s Portal solution. The IBM Portal Server provides a single point of interaction through the implementation of portlets and provides dynamic information, applications, processes to build Business-to-Employee (B2E), Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C) portals. This seminar will illustrate the skills and knowledge you need to code robust portlet applications using RAD v6.0 and WebSphere Portal's Portlet Toolkit.
Objectives	Upon conclusion participants will have acquired these skills: Understand the abilities of IBM’s Portal Server Introduction to the WebSphere Portal Solution Overview of portal administration aspects (installing portlets, managing pages and page groups) Use of RAD for Customizing portlets and pages components (skins, themes, and tabs) Develop and test application portlets using the portlet Application Programming Interfaces (API) Use the portlet tag library to build JavaServer Pages (JSPs) for servicing multiple devices and global reach Use of the Vault Service interface of the WebSphere Portal services Illustrate packaging and deployment of portlets Implementing Portal Security in your applications Develop Struts-based portlets Demonstrate the usage of User Management Services, Content and Collaboration Services
Class Format	Lecture and Lab
Prerequisites	Each student should be familiar with the Web concepts, HTML, XML, e-business application concepts. Also, understanding of server-side Java applications and WebSphere Studio Application Developer experience would be advantageous.
Course Topics	The following list represents the sections and topics discussed in this virtual instructor-led course offering.
	Planning and Installation Overview of Portals Definition Portlet API Themes and Skins Layouts Portal Architecture Page Aggregation Portlet Container J2EE Integration Security Portlet Standards JSR 168 WSRP Hardware and software requirements WorkPlace Web Content Management Templates Web Content Manager Personalization Planning Installation Testing installation Using Portals Develop virtual portal Definition Virtual Portal Administrator Illustrate Portal Server Architecture Major components User session persistence Dynamic cache Filtering Basic Portal concepts Standards Portlets and J2EE Aggregation Web Services WSRP AJAH AJAX Action Handling Modes Lifecycle WebSphere Portal Customization Managing places and pages Customizing page layout Adding portlets to pages Creating new themes Creating portal skins Using XMLAccess Syntax Export configuration Import configuration Install themes and skins Install portlets WebSphere Member Manager Overview Security and Authentication LDAP access Group caching Working with Portlets Installing portlets Managing portlet applications Modes Request flow Persistent states Managing individual portlets Using JSTL Portlet processAction Role of doView Java Portlet API Code patterns Best Practices AJAH AJAX JSF Customizing the Portal Themes Skins Layout IBM Web Content Management Separate content and presentation Facilitating reuse Integration Personalization Server DB2 Content Manager Process Definition Authoring Workflow Management Integration Delivery Best Practices Overview of Portlet Development Overview of Portlet API JSR 168 vs. IBM API Portlet lifecycle Overview and installation of Portlet Toolkit Creating a simple portlet with Portlet Plugin Exporting and deploying portlets to portal server Portlet Lifecycle Customization Levels Definitions Entities Windows Portlet Data Model Using Portlet URLs Portlets and Web Applications Application Components web.xml portlet.xml deployment descriptors Understanding concrete portal applications and concrete portlets Guidelines for portlet development Action Event Handling • Overview of the event model • Listeners • Multipart form event handling • Multi-mode event handling Portlet Messaging Overview of portlet messaging Core messaging objects Sending and receiving messages Inter-Portlet Communication Cooperative concepts Init method doView method processAction method Portlets and JSF Request lifecycle Pagination Action Event handling Use of navigation Role of internationalization Portlet concepts applied to JSF Using Portlet Tag Library • Overview of Portlet tag libraries • Using portlet tags   Using Portlets and Ajax Role of Ajax Project components Use of Javascript Ajax Servlet Role of XMPHttpRequest Use of Dojo Benefits Use of arrays Expressions Typed variables WebSphere Personalization WebSphere Personalization (PZN) Personalization artifacts Using rules-based personalization Rules editor Using rules language Personalization types User Rules-based Collaborative filtering Role of Personalization Server WebSphere Personalization Process Identify business requirements User and Content models Create User and Content resources Page layout Writing scriptlet code Developing business rules Mapping rules