Citent: IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1 Application Development 2 Course

Course name :

IBM® WebSphere Portal 6.1 Application Development 2

Brand: Lotus

Code: WP621	Target Audience: Application developers	Format(s): Classroom	Days: 2 days
Introduction:	In this lab course, students, new to WebSphere Portal, will leverage some of the more advanced features of WebSphere Portal 6.1. Students create portlet services, AJAX, and Web 2.0 enabled portlets. They also build composite applications, implement the personalization features, and brand the portal. Students will use IBM® Rational Application Developer 7.5 in this course. Portlet Factory will not be used in this course.
Objectives :
Topics :	This course covers the following topics: Lesson 1: Building a Portlet Service Topic 1A: Defining a Service Defining Services Exploring the Benefits of Using Services Examining the Portal Service Interface Topic 1B: Creating a Service Creating Portal Services Deploying a Service Testing and Updating a Service Topic 1C: Using Services Best Practices Lesson 2: Service Resources Topic 2A: Defining a Resource Defining a Resource Creating Resource URLs Creating a Resource Serving Porlet Topic 2B: Creating a Service Defining Requirements for Resource Serving Portlets Examining Restrictions for Resource Serving Portlets Investigating Use Cases for Resource Serving Porlets Topic 2C: Using Resource Serving Portlet Best Practices Lesson 3: Creating and Implementing AJAX and Web 2.0 Portlets Topic 3A: Defining AJAX Architecture Examining the AJAX Architecture Exploring the Benefits of Using AJAX in the Portal Environment Exploring Client-Side Components Defining Server-Side Components Topic 3B: Examining Rational Application Developer Tooling for AJAX Explore RAD 7.5 tooling for AJAX portlets Topic 3C: Defining Web 2.0 Defining Web 2.0 Examining Portal 6.1 Implementations of Web 2.0 Describing the Benefits of Using Web 2.0 in Portlet Development Topic 3D: Creating Web 2.0 Based Portlets Explore RAD 7.5 tooling for developing Web 2.0 portlets Lesson 4: Building Portlet Filters Topic 4A: Defining Portlet Filters Defining a Portlet Filter Wrapping Request and Response Objects Creating a Filter Declaring a Filter Examining Filter Use Cases Lesson 5: Implementing Personalization Topic 5A: Defining Personalization Defining Personalization Topic 5B: Implementing Personalization Creating Personalization Components in RAD 7.5 Creating a Resource Collection Creating Personalization Rules Creating Content Spots Lesson 6: Creating a Composite Application Topic 6A: Defining a Composite Application Defining a Composite Application Examining Candidates for Composite Applications Topic 6B: Building a Composite Application Creating a Composite Application Template Creating an Application from a Template Assigning Permissions to a Composite Application Adding a Composite Application in the Portal Hierarchy Exporting and Importing Application Templates Lesson 7: Creating a Portal Brand Topic 7A: Defining a Theme Defining Themes and Skins Preserving Internationalization Support Topic 7B: Creating a Theme Examining RAD 7.5 Tooling for Building Themes Creating a Theme Deploying a Theme to the Local Test Server
Audience :	The target audience for this course is new portlet application developers, integration specialists, and software architects responsible for developing solutions using IBM WebSphere Portal V6.1 and RAD 7.5.
Prerequisites :	The prerequisites for this course include Knowledge of portlet development equivalent to course WP611 IBM WebSphere Portal V6.1 Application Development 1 Knowledge of portals and WebSphere Portal acquired through experience and/or completion of course WP010, IBM WebSphere Portal V6.0 Fundamentals