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Creating a composite application using IBM Lotus Component Designer

Anna G. O'Neal (agoneal@us.ibm.com), Information Developer, IBM
Anna O'Neal is an Information Developer for IBM Lotus in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. She has a B.A. degree in Education from UNC-Chapel Hill and a M.S. degree in Technical Communication from NC State University. Her areas of interest include human factors, Web design, and user interfaces. She currently writes documentation for IBM Lotus Component Designer.
Salvatore Mazzotta (Salvatore_Mazzotta@us.ibm.com), Systems Architect, IBM Lotus Business Partner Technical Enablement, IBM
Sal Mazzotta is a software engineer for IBM Lotus in Westford, MA, where he has focused on technology in support of collaboration. He has a B.S. in Civil Engineering and a M.S. in Civil Engineering - Structures from M.I.T. He works in IBM Lotus Business Partner Enablement where he helps Business Partners leverage Lotus products into service and software offerings. When not at Lotus, he reads; mysteries, nonfiction, fiction, et al.

Summary:  IBM Lotus Component Designer and IBM WebSphere Portal are the ideal tools for creating and delivering composite applications. Follow along with a real-life scenario in which you create a component with Lotus Component Designer, deploy it to WebSphere Portal, and turn it into a fully working composite application.

Date:  17 Apr 2007
Level:  Intermediate
PDF:  A4 and Letter (1149KB | 48 pages)Get Adobe® Reader®

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About this tutorial

Composite applications – what are they, and why should I care about them? How do IBM Lotus Component Designer and IBM WebSphere Portal fit into the composite application model? Where can I see one in action? If you want to know the answers to these questions, then keeping reading!

First, we provide a high-level overview of composite applications and show how companies like yours are using them more and more to improve business processes and simplify the user experience. Next, we explain how Lotus Component Designer and WebSphere Portal are the ideal tools for creating and delivering composite applications to your users. Finally, we invite you to follow along with a real-life scenario in which you download a fully deployable sample component created with Lotus Component Designer, deploy it to WebSphere Portal, and turn it into a fully working composite application.

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Objectives

After completing this tutorial, you will know how to do the following tasks:

  • Build a component with design elements required for composite applications
  • Define wiring properties
  • Create the code that publishes wiring properties
  • Create the actions that get triggered when wiring properties are published
  • Create parameters and pages for personalizing portlets
  • Create and map user roles to template roles
  • Create a composite application, including the template and pages
  • Set permissions for a composite application
  • Design and wire portlets
  • Test composite applications

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Prerequisites

To complete this tutorial, you must have already installed and configured the IBM Lotus Component Designer 6.0 tool and runtime code. The tool is installed on a client machine, and the runtime code is installed on IBM WebSphere Portal 6.0.0.1. For details, see the IBM Lotus Component Designer 6.0 Installation and Configuration Guide.

You can also download a free trial version of Lotus Component Designer V6.0 from developerWorks.

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System requirements

For system requirements and supported software, see the Supported software section in the IBM Lotus Component Designer 6.0 Installation and Configuration Guide.

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