IBM WebSphere Portal Primer by Ashok Iyengar, Bruce Olson, Venkata Gadepalli

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Textbook (Paperback - Second edition)

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  • ISBN-13: 9781931182232
  • Edition Description: Second edition
  • Edition Number: 1
  • Pub. Date: July 2005
  • Publisher:Mc Press
 
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  • Pub. Date: July 2005
  • Publisher:Mc Press
  • Format: Textbook Paperback, 529pp

Synopsis

What makes the WebSphere programming model so compelling? Why is WebSphere Portal server fast becoming the world’s premier portal server in sales and functionality? What are portlets? What is the open Portlet API? How is it possible to secure and manage large Web portals that each have their own distinctive look? Does WebSphere Portal support B2B, or B2C, or B2E, or all of them? Which topologies does it support? Is it J2EE certified? This book answers these and many more such questions and covers everything from basic e-commerce concepts to advanced three-tier Internet topologies. Completely updated for V5.1.x, the authors systematically guide you through IBM’s WebSphere Portal product, which includes the Portal server, the Personalization server, WebSphere Content Management, Document Manager, versatile search engines, and the collaboration component. Software developers who are creating simple portlets and JavaServer Pages (JSPs) or are well-versed in using JavaBeans will find this book’s contents relevant. It covers installation, configuration, administration, tuning, and usage of WebSphere Portal server software. It discusses portlets, servlets, security, single sign-on, transactions, session management, and scaling as it relates to WebSphere Portal server.

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Biography

Ashok Iyengar is a member of the WebSphere enablement team and the coauthor of WebSphere V3.5 Handbook and IBM WebSphere V4.0 Advanced Edition Handbook. He lives in Encinitas, California. Venkata Gadepalli is a member of the WebSphere enablement team. His current focus is enabling and consulting for WebSphere products with primary emphasis in the areas of WebSphere Application Server, portals, and personalization. He lives in Cary, North Carolina. Bruce Olson is a member of the WebSphere enablement team and has helped design and implement the IBM C++ User Interface Class Library. He is the coauthor of Power GUI Programming. He lives in Cary, North Carolina.

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still one version behindby Anonymous

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October 25, 2005: [A review of the SECOND EDITION, 2005.] In 2004, a reviewer of the first edition commented that it described version 4.1 of the Portal, while the current released version of the Portal was actually 5. There were significant differences between those versions, but the book was unable to address these. Now in 2005, there is the second edition. It covers version 5.1. However, the Portal is now at version 6. Still one step behind. Rather unfortunate. You should keep in mind that this probably arose due to the sheer complexity of the total WebSphere development effort, and the unavoidable lag time in publishing a text. The text does give an impressive roundup of the WebSphere Portal effort. The Portal has extensive personalisation and customisation. (IBM maintains a distinction between these, which the text explains.) The end user and the sysadmin can access these to present a nice UI. One chapter goes into a good level of detail as to how much tweaking you can do to this. A lot of effort has clearly gone into building out this ability. None of this is actually programming. Whereas to the programmers amongst you, later chapters of the book are more germane. One chapter describes the IBM Java Portlet class, and how it extends the standard HttpServlet. The Portlet API is explained at a level suitable for programming. To good approximation, you can think of the Portlet coding as a variant on JSP and servlet coding, which perhaps you might already have done. Continuing this, another chapter shows how authentication and authorisation can use JAAS. Overall in the book, you can clearly see that IBM has committed to producing code compatible with J2EE standards. Which means that if you already have a background in J2EE, it will help your assimilation of the book.

best book on websphereby Anonymous

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August 05, 2005: This book really helped me understand websphere portal primer a lot better. This book is the greatest book I have ever read on websphere portal primer. Very Proffesional. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in Portals.