1.
WebSphere Portal Server Introduction
A.
Portal Features
B.
Key Concepts
C.
Page Layout and Aggregation
D.
WebSphere Portal Products
2.
Portlet Programming Basics
A.
Portlet Container
B.
Portlets Versus Servlets
C.
Portlet APIs
D.
Portlet States and Modes
E.
Portlet Lifecycle
F.
Portlet Interactions
G.
Request Processing
H.
Core Objects
I.
Deployment
3.
RAD: Portal Tools
A.
Hardware and Software Requirements
B.
Installing the Portal Tools for RAD
C.
Migrating Projects from the WSAD
Portal Toolkit
D.
Portal Development Process
E.
Portal Test Environment Configuration
F.
Creating Portal and Portlet Projects
G.
Project Structure
H.
Supported APIs: IBM Portlet API and JSR 168 Portlet
API
I.
Adding Portlets
J.
Views and Editors that Support Portlet Development
K.
Adding Portlet Tags
L.
Portlet Deployment Descriptor Editor
4.
Debugging Portlets
A.
Configuring a WebSphere Portal Test Environment
B.
Attaching to WebSphere Portal
C.
Debugging Portlets
D.
Common Mistakes
5.
JSR 168 Portlet API: Part 1
A.
The Portlet Interface
B.
LifeCycle Methods
C.
Core API: GenericPortlet, PortletConfig,
PortletContext and PortletSession
D.
Request Processing Objects: PortletRequest,
PortletResponse and PortletURL
E.
Portlet Modes and States
F.
Action Processing
6.
JSR 168 Portlet API: Part 2
A.
Portlet Preferences and Preference Validation
B.
User Information and User Attributes
C.
Listeners
D.
Portlet Caching
E.
Known Limitations
F.
Configuration and Deployment
7.
JSR 168 Portlet Tag Library
A.
Tag Basics
B.
Commonly-used Portlet Tags
C.
Using JSTL in Portlets
8.
IBM Portlet API: Part 1
A.
IBM Portlet Applications
B.
IBM Portlet API lifecycle
C.
Core API: PortletAdapter, Client, PortletRequest,
PortletResponse and PortletSession
D.
IBM Portlet Modes and States
E.
Personalization using PortletData
9.
IBM Portlet API: Part 2
A.
IBM Portlet Event model
B.
Listeners
C.
ModeModifier and PortletURI
D.
Accessing Configuration Data
E.
PortletConfig and PortletContext,
F.
PortletSettings and PortletApplicationSettings
G.
Portlet Parameterization
H.
Portlet Scopes
I.
Deployment
10.
IBM Portlet Tag Library
A.
IBM Portlet Tag Libraries
B.
Commonly-used Portlet Tags
11.
JSF Basics (optional)
A.
JSF
Architecture
B.
JSF
Application Components
C.
Development
Steps
D.
UI Component
Model
E.
Page
Development
F.
HTML UI
Components and Faces Client Components
G.
Navigation
Model, Navigation Rules and Navigation Cases
H.
Binding,
Developing and Declaring Backing Beans
I.
Faces
Request Life Cycle
12.
JSF Portlets
A.
JSF Portlet Runtime
B.
Action Processing and Rendering
C.
Development Steps
D.
Creating JSF Portlet Projects and Portlets
E.
Project Structure
F.
Adding and Configuring JSF Portlet Components
G.
Using the Page Data and Client Data Views
H.
Editing Page Code Classes
I.
Accessing the Portlet API from JSF
J.
Value Binding
K.
Custom Validators
L.
Defining Deployment Settings and Page Navigation
M.
JSF Portlet Limitations
13.
Struts Overview
(optional)
A.
MVC and Struts
B.
Model Components
C.
View Components
D.
Custom Tags
E.
Struts HTML Tags
F.
Struts Bean Tags
G.
Struts Logic Tags
H.
Controller Components:
ActionServlet,
ActionMapping, ActionForm and Action
I.
Strengths and Weaknesses
14.
Struts Portlets
A.
Struts Portlet Framework
B.
Action Processing and Rendering
C.
Error Processing and Response Objects
D.
URI/URL Construction
E.
Struts Tools
F.
Creating Struts-based Portlets
G.
Designing Struts
Portlets using the Web Diagram
H.
Generating Struts Portlet Framework (SPF) Actions
I.
Struts Configuration
15.
WebSphere Portal Application Integration
A.
SDO Programming Model
B.
Metadata Configuration Information
C.
Data Access Using WPAI
D.
SDO Data Graphs
E.
RAD Tooling and Support
16.
Internationalization Support
A.
Approaches to Internationalization
B.
Resource Bundles
C.
Supported Locales
D.
Accessing Resource Bundles (IBM API and JSR 168
API)
E.
JSLT Internationalization Tags
F.
Displaying Locale-Specific Messages
G.
Formatting Dates and Numbers
H.
Providing Translated Resources and Serving
Translated Files
17.
Cooperative Portlets: Part 1
A.
Cooperative Portlets Framework
B.
Sharing Properties Between Portlets
C.
Property Broker
D.
Specifying Sources and Targets
E.
Implementing Click-to-Action (C2A) and
Click-to-Action (C2A) Tags
F.
Portlet Wiring Tool
G.
Comparing Approaches (Declarative and Programmatic)
H.
Using the Declarative Approach
I.
Describing Properties in WSDL
J.
Publishing Properties for a JSR 168 Portlet
K.
Deployment Settings
L.
Internationalization
M.
Processing Input Properties
18.
Cooperative Portlets: Part 2
A.
Using the Programmatic Approach
B.
Registering Properties Programmatically
C.
Understanding Actions
D.
The PropertyFactory Class and the PropertyValue
Interface
E.
Accessing the Broker
F.
Registering Actions
G.
Publishing Properties
H.
Processing Input Properties
19.
Portlet Services
A.
Portlet Services Architecture
B.
CredentialVaultService, ContentAccessService,
PropertyBrokerService
C.
Consuming Services
D.
Implementing a Custom Portlet Service
20.
Credential Vault Service
A.
Vault Segments
B.
Credential Types
C.
Vault Service API
D.
Accessing Credentials
E.
Deployment Settings
F.
Credential Vault Portlet
G.
Credential Issues
21.
Portal Customization
A.
Portal Project
Wizard and Portal Project Structure
B.
Portal Designer
C.
Portal Navigation and Hierarchy
D.
Defining Layout
E.
Creating and Editing Themes and Skins
F.
Editing Styles Within a Theme
22.
Basic Portal Administration
A.
Hardware and Software Requirements
B.
Portal Components
C.
Controlling the Administrative Server
D.
Controlling the WebSphere Portal Server
E.
Page Navigation
F.
Administration Portlets
G.
Portal Page Administration
H.
Deploying Portlets
I.
Defining Unique Names
J.
Managing Themes and Skins
23.
Portlet Best Practices
A.
Portlet Application Principles
B.
Using the Model-View-Controller Pattern
C.
Portlet Do’s and Don’ts
D.
WebSphere Guidelines
E.
JSP guidelines
F.
Data Management
G.
Session Usage
H.
Multiple Markup
I.
Performance
