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Hello World: WebSphere Portal V6

Develop, test, and deploy MyFirstPortlet

Laura Chan (laurac@ca.ibm.com), Software Developer, IBM

Laura Chan is an Advisory Software Developer at the IBM Software Group Scenario Analysis Lab. Her current responsibility is to lead the team to deliver customer relevant solutions to improve cross-brand integration capability of Software Group products. Her past experiences also include product development, customer support, services and marketing.

Janet Lee (janetlee@ca.ibm.com), Software Engineer, IBM

Janet joined IBM full time after graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Science in Computer Engineering degree from the University of Waterloo. She has previously worked at various IBM software functions within the Toronto IBM Software lab, including the DB2 Regression team and the Java Just-in-Time Compiler Development team. Janet is currently a part of Software Group Strategy, Scenario Analysis Lab, where she is implementing a customer-based scenario named the Employee Workplace, using various IBM products such as DB2 Content Manager, DB2 Document Manager, DB2 Records Manager, WebSphere Information Integrator OmniFind Edition, and WebSphere Portal.

Summary: Get an overview of WebSphere® Portal in this basic tutorial, which includes both demos and hello world exercises. This tutorial includes two practical exercises. You will develop and test your first portlet using Rational® Application Developer with the WebSphere Portal Test Environment. Then, you'll deploy your portlet in a production environment using WebSphere Portal.

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Date: 04 Apr 2007
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The Hello World series is for novice developers who want a high-level, hands-on overview of IBM software products. Each tutorial in the series provides simple exercises and step-by-step instructions to familiarize you with the components and use of a particular product. The exercises only cover the basic concepts, but are enough to get you started.

About this tutorial

This tutorial introduces you to WebSphere Portal. Two exercises provide step-by-step instructions to give you a complete end-to-end experience. You will develop and test a portlet in a development environment, and then deploy the portlet in a production environment.

System requirements

To complete Exercise 1: Develop and test a portlet in a development environment, install Rational Application Developer V7. During the installation, check the option to install the feature Portal tools to get the WebSphere Portal test environment..

For Exercise 2: Deploy a portlet in a production environment, you need WebSphere Portal V6. You can download a free, trial version of WebSphere Portal Express V6 at no cost.

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