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The last step in designing your e-business application is to review the guidelines for how to design, develop, deploy, and manage e-business applications. The guidelines help you customize the solution design, maximize performance, and select platforms on which to deliver the solution.
Some general guidelines that apply for the designs of all solutions are:
- Pay attention to all components of the solution.
- Understand in detail the interfaces and flows between the various components.
- Plan for growth of the design.
- Use the latest levels of infrastructure and system software.
- Cache as much as possible.
These guidelines are intended primarily for IT architects and IT specialists but will be of use to anyone designing an e-business application.
Performance guidelines
Portal Application Design and Development Guidelines , REDP-3829, is a compilation of various IBM publications combined with the authors experience with large Portal implementations.
Best Practices for High-Volume Web Sites, SG24-6562, is a compilation of IBM's High-Volume Web Sites (HVWS) team papers that address the unique challenges in design, implementation, and management that high-volume IT infrastructures present.
Recommended technology options
Chapter 7 of A Portal Composite Pattern Using WebSphere Portal V5, SG24-6087, provides recommendations that are guided by the demands of reuse, flexibility, and interoperability, and subsequently are based on the open industry standards outlined by Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE).
Application design
Chapter 8 of A Portal Composite Pattern Using WebSphere Portal V5, SG24-6087, provides design guidelines for solution designers and application developers using portal technology. It addresses the design stage of the solution development process, highlighting the key issues that are specific to portal and application designs.
Portal Application Design and Development Guidelines, REDP-3829, is a compilation of various IBM publications combined with the authors experience with large Portal implementations.
WebSphere Application Server Best Practices using HTTP Sessions (ZIP, 161KB) contains tips and techniques for developers buidling applications that use sessions persistence. It also helps administrators to tune WebSphere appropriately for these applications.
Application development
Chapter 8 of A Portal Composite Pattern Using WebSphere Portal V5, SG24-6087, provides design guidelines for solution designers and application developers using portal technology. It addresses the design stage of the solution development process, highlighting the key issues that are specific to portal and application designs.
Portal Application Design and Development Guidelines, REDP-3829, is a compilation of various IBM publications combined with the authors experience with large Portal implementations.
System management
Portal Application Design and Development Guidelines, REDP-3829, is a compilation of various IBM publications combined with the authors experience with large Portal implementations.
Chapter 9 of A Portal Composite Pattern Using WebSphere Portal V4.1.2, SG24-6869, describes how to make systems management activities a part of your application planning from the very beginning, so that post-implementation work goes smoothly.
Congratulations, you've completed all the steps to design your e-business application! There are some additional related links, that you might find helpful, including customer experiences, test reports, and redbooks.