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Java portlet development

Develop and test portal applications

Date:  07 Oct 2011 (Published 13 Jul 2011) |Level: Intermediate ||

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1. Get started without a portal server

You can run Apache Pluto (the lightweight Java Portlet Specification reference implementation) as a stand-alone application to test your portlets for compliance with the Java Portlet Specification. Similarly, the open source portletUnit framework implements a mock container that you can run on your local machine to unit-test your portlets. Get started writing simple portlets and testing them with the use of these two tools.

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2. Build and deploy portlets on Apache Geronimo

You can install and run either Apache Pluto or the open source Liferay portal library on Apache Geronimo, an open source Java EE compliant application server. Either choice gives you a free, full-featured container platform for your portlet-development projects.

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3. Build advanced portlets with WebSphere Portlet Factory

Get started using a Java-based, rapid-application-development environment from IBM for portlet development. WebSphere Portlet Factory includes advanced features that streamline the portlet, widget, web, and rich-client application development process.

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Nearly all products in the Java portal-server space have implemented the Java Portlet Specification. The specification enables interoperability among portlets and portals by defining APIs for portlets and by standardizing rules for preferences, user data, portlet requests and responses, deployment, packaging, and security. This knowledge path helps you build, test, and deploy standards-compliant portlets for open source containers and for IBM WebSphere Portal. It can also help you prepare for IBM Certified Solution Developer - WebSphere Portlet Factory 7.0 certification.

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  1. Get started without a portal server
  2. Build and deploy portlets on Apache Geronimo
  3. Build advanced portlets with WebSphere Portlet Factory

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