Build IBM WebSphere Portal 8.5 Applications using Rational Application Developer

You Will Learn How To

• 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

Important Course Information

Requirements:

• 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 functions and familiarity with Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) and Dojo
  • A basic understanding of Rational Application Developer or Eclipse development environment
  • Strong Windows or Linux user skills
  • A basic understanding of WebSphere Portal Administration

Course Outline

• 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