Developing Portals using Weblogic 8.1

Length: 4 days
CourseID: devbeaportal81

Prerequisites:

This is an advanced J2EE development class. Students should have prior J2EE development experience prior to taking this class. Students will be writing Java code as well as JSPs.

Overview:

This course is intended for Java Developers who need to build a WebLogic Portal. A background in Java programming is required. We will be arranging JSP, Servlets and other J2EE artifacts, although we will not be covering how to build the components.

Objectives:

Install and configure a WebLogic 8.1 Portal

Configure prebuilt Portlets

Build new portlets

Arrange Portlets onto Pages

Assign Pages onto Books

Control the Look and Feel of a Portal Site

Configure Users and Groups

Assign Entitlements

Administrate a Portal Site through the Deployment process

Chapters:

Course Introduction

Course Objectives	Course Overview
Using the Workbook	Suggested References

Portal WalkThrough

Portal Applications	Portal Need
Portal Screen	Portal Interaction
Portal Page Layout

Weblogic Portal Introduction

Traditional Web Applications	Web Frameworks
Portal Applications	Application Server
Web Container	EJB Container
Distributed Objects	BEA Weblogic Platform
Weblogic Domain	Domain File Structure
Testing your Installation	Platform Setup Labs
Platform Setup Labs Cont..

Weblogic Workshop

Weblogic Workshop Introduction	Workshop Editions
Workshop Version 7	Workshop Screen components
Applications and Projects	Projects
Projects cont.	Workshop File Types
Simple JSP Development	Debugging Applications
Debugging Properties	Breakpoints
Resetting Weblogic Servers	Workshop Performance
Tag Libraries

Portal Components

Portal Component Introduction	A Portal Application
A Portal Web Project	Creating the Portal File
Portal Properties	Project Build Properties
Portlets	Sample Portlets
Portal Pages	Books
Book Properties	Desktop
Page Layouts	Personalization
User Profiles	Portal Administration

Page Flows

What are Page Flows	Page Flows and Portlets
What is Struts?	MVC/Model 2 Architecture
Struts and MVC	Page Flows vs. Struts
Page Flow Components	Flow View Icons
HTML Forms	Page Flow Creation Lab
Page Flow Creation Lab Cont.	Validation error messages
Form Creation Lab	Displaying Validation Messages
Form Creation Lab cont.	Form Data for Error Messages
Form Validation Lab cont.	Page Flow Tag Libraries
Form Validation Lab cont.

Building Portlets

Portlet Introduction	Portlet Files
Building a Portlet	Portlet Properties
Portlet TitleBars	Backing Files
Building Backing Files

Portal Look and Feel

Look and Feel Components	Layouts
Layout Managers	Navigation Menus
Look and Feel Files	Skins
Skin Themes	Skeletons
Shells

User Profiles

User Profiles	Property Sets
Finding a User Property	User Management Tags
Creating User Profiles	Accessing User Profiles
Retrieving the User Profile	Getting and Setting Properties
Anonymous User Profiles

Portal Administration

Portal Administration	Portal Lifecycle
Modifying Portal Content	Entitlements
Creating a Group	Creating a Role
Role Expressions	Assign Entitlements
Delegated Administration	Creating a Delegated Role

Content Management

Introduction	Personalization
Content	Accessing the Content Manager
Content Types	Adding Content
Bulk Loader	Determining the current User
Content Selectors	PlaceHolders
Campaigns	Campaign Actions
Creating a Campaign