You should have:

• A solid understanding of Java Platform, Enterprise Edition application development, including the ability to read and understand servlets, and JavaServer Pages (JSPs)

• A solid understanding of the World Wide Web functionsand familiarity with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) and Dojo

• A basic understanding of Rational Application Developeror Eclipse development environment Strong Windows or Linux user skills

• A basic understanding of WebSphere Portal Administration

Who Should Attend?

This intermediate course is for experienced application developers who are familiar with Java, Web 2.0, and web development and who are familiar with security concepts.

Use the features, functions, and procedures of IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 to achieve the following tasks:

• Compare Rational Application Developer and WebSphere Portlet Factory
• Locate developer resources
• Review portlet concepts, such as the portlet lifecycle, WAR file architecture, core, objects, and methods
• Set up a development environment
• Perform basics of creating a project, deploying a portlet, starting and stopping a server, and adding a portlet to a page
• Work with the Core API (JSR 286)
• Use tag libraries
• Process portlet input
• Customize portlet behavior
• Build interactive (collaborative) portlets
• Understand the basics of JavaServer Faces (JSF)
• Use JSF in the WebSphere Portal environment
• Use Dojo and Ajax for WebSphere Portal development

• Welcome
• Overview of IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5
• Working with portlet concepts
• Performing basic tasks
• Exercise: Creating, deploying, and testing a portlet
• Working with the core API
• Exercise: Working with core portlet objects
• Using tag libraries
• Exercise: Using tag libraries in portlet applications
• Processing portlet input
• Exercise: Processing client input requests
• Customizing portlet behavior
• Exercise: Customizing portlet behavior
• Interactive portlets
• Exercise: Developing and testing interactive portlets
• Introduction to JavaServer Faces
• Exercise: Creating a JSF portlet application
• Serving resources
• Exercise: Creating a resource serving portlet
• Using Dojo and Ajax in portal development
• Exercise: Using Dojo in a portlet application
• Overview of the portlet services
• Exercise: Creating a custom portlet service
• Working with portlet services
• Exercise: Using a standard portlet service
• Building portlet filters
• Exercise: Developing and testing a portlet filter
• Implementing personalization
• Exercise: Using personalization to develop and test components
• Creating a portal brand
• Creating multichannel Portal Applications
• Exercise: Creating a multichannel Portal Application
• Course summary