Programming Portlets: From JSR 168 to IBM WebSphere Portal Extensions

Helping developers understand such concepts as SOA, AJAX, and the best practices to consider when building a J2EEbased portal, this book reveals the tools and information necessary to develop portlets and portal applications in two ways. Part 1 focuses on building portlets that will adhere to the JSR 168 API standard, which allows developers who want to use any JSR 168–compliant portlet container to quickly build quality portlets. Part 2 extends the focus to building JSR 168–compliant portlets for the IBM WebSphere Portal Server and includes information on portlet extensions and WebSphere Portal capabilities that can be leveraged in a portal development effort.