WebSphere Learning Resources

Since there are so many WebSphere products, you might ask:

I've consolidated most of my general recommendations into an article:

• "Where can I learn about WebSphere?"

Blog postings:

• Web Sites for Learning about WebSphere
• More Places to Learn about WebSphere
• ISSW Recommended Reading List (the J2EE and WebSphere Application Server Recommended Reading List)
• New Recommended Reading Lists (the Service-Oriented Architecture and WebSphere Process Server Recommended Reading List)
• What You Should Be Reading, including the comment by Bill Higgins
• WebSphere Author Spotlight
• Bill Higgins' entries like Recommended book for January and Review of "Effective Enterprise Java" on The Rational Edge
• Kyle Brown's entries like:
  • My reading list
  • So you'd like to... build J2EE Web Services with WebSphere
  • list of Essential WebSphere/J2EE Design books
  • books he's reviewed on Amazon (not this one)

Some related issues:

• How to become an architect?
• Service-Oriented Architecture

developerWorks

Resources:

• developerWorks WebSphere zone, including New to WebSphere
• Technical events and webcasts
• Webcasts
• developerWorks podcasts
  • WebSphere Technical Podcast series

(Original blog postings: developerWorks Technical Events and Webcasts.)

• WebSphere 6.0.2 Articles
• Sample IT projects help show you how architects use products including WebSphere

Product Documentation

WAS 6.1 InfoCenter:

• Learn about WebSphere applications
• Web resources for learning

WebSphere Conferences

The IBM Conferences & events page lists WebSphere and non-WebSphere conferences worldwide.

The software conferences in 2007:

Conference	Date	Location
Lotusphere 2007	Jan 21, 2007	Orlando, FL
IBM Impact (fna WebSphere Fast Track for SOA)	May 20, 2007	Orlando, FL
IBM Rational Software Development Conference 2007	Jun 10, 2007	Orlando, FL
Tivoli Technical User Conference	Jun 11, 2007	Rome, Italy
IBM WebSphere Technical Conferences in Asia	Aug 6-9, 2007	Bangalore, India
IBM WebSphere Portal Technical Conference	Sep 10-12, 2007	Munich, Germany
IBM WebSphere Portal Technical Conference	Oct 8-11, 2007	Orlando, FL
IBM WebSphere Technical Conferences in Asia	Oct 9-12, 2007	Singapore
IBM Information On Demand 2007 global conference	Oct 14-19, 2007	Las Vegas, NV
IBM WebSphere Technical Conferences in Asia	Oct 15-18, 2007	Sydney, Australia
IBM WebSphere Technical Conferences in Asia	Oct 22-25, 2007	Beijing, China
IBM WebSphere Technical Conference	Nov 5-9, 2007	Vienna, Austria
Transaction and Messaging Technical Conference	Nov 5-9, 2007	Vienna, Austria
Lotusphere 2008	Jan 20-24, 2008	Orlando, Florida

Also, check out my notes from WebSphere Technical Exchange 2006.

WebSphere Users' Groups

A WebSphere Users' Group is a good way to meet other WebSphere users in your community and to learn about topics relating to WebSphere products, J2EE, Rational products, and so on.

Resources:

• Websphere Software Global User Group Community lists all the WUGs worldwide
• Global WebSphere Community is IBM's interface to the WUGs via developerWorks

WAS Performance Resources

See WAS Performance Resources.

Tutorials

WebSphere Process Server Version 6.1 - Business Process Management Samples & Tutorials