IBM Websphere Portal V5.1, Application Development Certification Training Course
COURSE OUTLINE
Section 01 - Install, Set Up And Configure The Development Environment
Day 01
• Understand software prerequisites
• Choose development scenarios (Topologies)
• Diagnose problems with development environment installation
Section 02 - Architecting A Portal Solution
Day 02
• Identify portal dependencies on existing software
• Use out-of-the-box portlets
• Search the Workplace Solutions Catalog
• Size the custom portlets that have to be written
• Develop themes, skins and screens
Section 3 - Write A Portlet
Day 03
• Describe the portlet life cycle
• Develop Portlet applications utilizing Portlet JSR 168 API core objects
• Effectively utilize portlet configuration and state objects to control portlet behavior
• Effectively utilize portlet modes and states
• Implement action processing
• Use APIs to forward and redirect URLs
• Support multiple markup
Day 04
• Embed references to resources within a portlet
• Effectively use JSPs to supply portlet rendering markup
• Support multiple locales, clients and devices within a portlet application
• Compile and package a WAR file
• Work with portlet deployment descriptors (caching)
• Make effective use of portlet application wizards
Section 4 - Testing And Debugging A Portal Solution
Day 05
• Set up portlet parameters
• Debug a portlet using a local Portal Unit Test Environment (UTE)
• Debug a portlet using WebSphere Portal remote server attach
• Troubleshoot portlet applications
Section 5 - Backend Portlet Services
Day 06
• Use a portlet service
• Create a portlet service
• Configure and access application-specific data sources
Day 07
• Use Service Data Objects (SDO) tooling to enable access to remote systems
• Utilize the credential vault service
• Implement cooperative portlets
Section 6 - Additional Portlet Concepts
Day 08
• Use struts concepts within the portal framework and Java Server Faces
• Implement personalization within portlet application
• Utilize business process engine (bpe) API
