Students should have intermediate knowledge of Java development using WebSphere Studio Application Developer. Knowledge of Servlet and JSP is strongly recommended.
WebSphere Training Learning 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.
WebSphere Training 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.
WebSphere Training Course duration
5 days.
WebSphere Training 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
Minimum Hardware Requirements
- 700Mhz Pentium III
- 768 MB RAM minimum 1GB recommended.
- 5 GB
- Ethernet or Token Ring card
- CD-ROM drive
- Network connectivity to the internet
Minimum Software Requirements
- Microsoft Windows 2000 SP3/XP
- Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 (or higher)
- Netscape 4.7 / Internet Explorer 5.0 (or higher)
- WinZip 8.0 (or higher)
- IBM DB2 V7.2 Enterprise Edition
- IBM DB2 V7.2 Fix Pack 8
- IBM WebSphere Portal Tool Kit
- IBM WebSphere Portal Server Experience V4.2.1
- IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer v5.0
- IBM WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5.0 Fix Pack 5.01
