Developing portlets

 

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Overview

WebSphere Portal supports portlets written to the JSR 168 and IBM portlet API standards.

You can integrate existing resources into WebSphere Portal without developing your own portlets.

Start by reading Portlet concepts.

Review the samples that demonstrate common features of both APIs.

The JSR 168 Portlet API describes the new standards and provides details about the WebSphere Portal portlet container for JSR 168.

The Struts Portlet Framework explains how to take an existing Struts application and convert it to a portlet.

If you are already familiar with portlet development using either JSR 168 or the IBM Portlet API...

Cooperative portlets describes how you can enable portlets to share information with other portlets on the page, using the property broker service. Collaborative Components API explains how you can integrate collaborative functionality into your portlets, such as online status, chat, and e-mail.

Application Developer includes tools designed to help you develop portlet applications for WebSphere Portal.

 

See also

• Portlet concepts
• Deployment descriptors
• Sample portlets
• JSR 168 Portlet API
• IBM Portlet API
• Portlet development basics
• Request parameters in portlets
• Portlet services
• Struts Portlet Framework
• Cooperative portlets
• Collaborative Services API
• Portlet development reference
• Additional resources for development
• Troubleshooting portlet development

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