Resources for learning

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Use the following links to find relevant supplemental information. The information resides on IBM and non-IBM Internet sites, whose sponsors control the technical accuracy of the information.

These links are provided for convenience. Sometimes, the information is not specific to the WebSphere Portal product, but is useful all or in part for understanding the product. When possible, links are provided to technical papers and IBM Redbooks that supplement the broad coverage of the release documentation with in-depth examinations of particular product areas.

View links to additional information about:

• Planning, business scenarios, and IT architecture

• Installation scenarios

• Programming model and decisions

• Programming instructions and examples

• Programming specifications

• Additional applications

• Administration

• Support

• Related information

 

Planning, business scenarios, and IT architecture

•    IBM WebSphere Developer Domain
  http://www.ibm.com/websphere/developer/zones/portal/
  

  The home of technical information for developers working with WebSphere products. You can download WebSphere software, take a fast path to developer domain zones, such as WebSphere Portal, WAS, or WebSphere Studio, learn about WebSphere products through a newcomers page, tutorials, technology previews, training, and IBM Redbooks, get answers to questions about WebSphere products, and join the WebSphere community, where you can keep up with the latest developments and technical papers.

•    IBM WebSphere Developer Domain: WebSphere Portal Zone
  http://www.ibm.com/websphere/developer/zones/portal/

  Technical information for developers and administrators of WebSphere Portal.

•    WebSphere Portal home page
  http://www.ibm.com/software/genservers/portalexpress/
  

  The IBM WebSphere Portal home page contains useful information, including support links and downloads for interim fixes, tools, and trials.

•    IBM WebSphere software platform home page
  http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere/

  The IBM WebSphere software platform home page introduces WebSphere products and describes how companies can easily transform to an e-business, with software that can grow as fast as the business it supports.

•    Guide to WebSphere Portal
  ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/websphere/portal/pdf/Guide-to-Websphere-Portal.pdf

  This document provides an overview of the WebSphere Portal product technology, including its business and technical benefits. It is intended to help customers, independent software vendors, and application architects understand and plan their use of WebSphere Portal. Concepts such as portlets, portal applications, content, security, user management, administration, collaboration, and more are described, including highlights of related products that can be used with WebSphere Portal.

•    developerWorks: IBM Patterns for e-business
  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/patterns/index.html

  The IBM developerWorks site is the source for IBM patterns for e-business, a set of tested, reusable intellectual assets that you can use to design and implement the e-business network and architecture.

•    WebSphere Portal Collaborative Components, REDP0319
  http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/redp0319.html

  This IBM Redbook discusses the collaborative capabilities that are included within the WebSphere Portal offering. It covers:
  - An introduction to the WebSphere Portal Family and the concept of collaborative portlets
  - Installation- and deployment-oriented topics for getting a collaborative WebSphere Portal environment up and running
  - Details around the Collaborative Portlets available out-of-the-box with WebSphere Portal
  - Details and best practices for the usage of the Collaborative Components API available with Portal - including several sample collaborative Portlets that leverage this API.

•    Enterprise Business Portals II with Tivoli Access Manager, SG24-6556-00
  http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/9445fa5b416f6e32852569ae006bb65f/c2c8b29bfd41ec8c85256c22006e7655?OpenDocument

  This IBM Redbook describes how to build an integrated enterprise business portal with Tivoli Access Manager Version 4.1, WebSphere Portal Version 4.1.2, mySAP Workplace, and the SAP Enterprise Portal. It also describes how to implement a federated single signon solution within a Web Services scenario.

•    A Secure Portal using WebSphere Portal V5 and Tivoli Access Manager, SG24-6077-00
  http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/9445fa5b416f6e32852569ae006bb65f/3d96ba9fea9a252985256d6e0064f0f7?OpenDocument

  The focus of this publication is the security aspect of the WebSphere Portal single access point with centralized authentication and authorization. Other aspects of security like auditing, firewall, and DMZ are not in the scope of this document.

•    IBM WebSphere Portal V4.1.2 in a Linux Environment, REDP0310
  http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/redp0310.html

  This IBM Redbook helps you plan, install, and administer the WebSphere Portal Version 4.1.2 offering product in a Red Hat Linux environment so that existing enterprise applications can be accessed from portlets using the IBM WebSphere Portal product.
  

•    Integrating Host Applications with e-business Portals, REDP0191
  http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/redp0191.html

  This IBM Redbook helps you integrate existing host enterprise applications so that they can be accessed from portlets using the WebSphere Portal product.

•    Access Integration Pattern using IBM WebSphere Portal Server, SG24-6267-00
  http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg246267.html

  This IBM Redbook provides an example and guidelines for the Access Integration pattern. It shows how the pattern works and documents the tasks required to build an example of it.
  - Part 1 of the redbook guides you through the process of choosing an application and run-time pattern to deliver the desired functionality of the Access Integration pattern.
  - Part 2 of the redbook provides a set of guidelines for building the portal application, including discussion of application design, application development and systems management.
  - Part 3 of the redbook demonstrates how to portalize an existing application and develop personalized portlets. The sample uses LDAP for external authentication and WebSphere Security for authorization.

•    Deploying QuickPlace, SG24-6535-00
  http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg246535.html

  This IBM Redbook shows you how to install, configure, and deploy QuickPlace in the organization. It gives step-by-step installation instructions for the QuickPlace server and describes how to configure it to use the current directories of the organization.

•    IBM WAS V5.0 System Management and Configuration: WebSphere Handbook Series, SG24-6195-00
  http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/9445fa5b416f6e32852569ae006bb65f/738c2b6bd8dce36185256bd5004e1fd4?OpenDocument

  This IBM Redbook provides an overview of the architecture, topology options, and new features of WebSphere Studio Application Developer Version 5 and WebSphere Studio Application Developer Network Deployment Version 5. In addition, it describes how to install, configure, and perform ongoing management of the WebSphere environment.

•    IBM WebSphere V5.0 Security WebSphere Handbook Series, SG24-6573-00
  http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/9445fa5b416f6e32852569ae006bb65f/d630ec33fde5486785256b5f007ecac5?OpenDocument

  This IBM Redbook describes how to design, develop, and deploy secure e-business applications using WebSphere Studio Application Developer Version 5. It includes a detailed overview of WAS V5 Security, including J2EE security, modules and components of a J2EE enterprise application, and programmatic security techniques. It also describes end-to-end security solutions where WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5 is part of an enterprise solution, including including integration between WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5 and Tivoli Access Manager .

•    Working with the Sametime Client Toolkits, SG24-6666-00
  http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/9445fa5b416f6e32852569ae006bb65f/f2b73cdd644ac8a485256acc005ca7c7?OpenDocument

  This IBM Redbook is for developers and architects who want to use Sametime functionality in applications based on Java, C++, COM, or HTML and JavaScript. It explores capabilities offered by the different Sametime client toolkits, which you can use to add functionality to existing applications and to create powerful new applications that enable real-time collaboration. It discusses event-based programming, Sametime services, and the Sametime Place architecture.

 

Installation scenarios

•    WebSphere Portal V4.1 Windows 2000 Installation, REDP3593
  http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/redp3593.html

  This IBM Redbook helps you plan, install, and administer the WebSphere Portal Version 4.1.2 offering product in a Microsoft Windows 2000 environment, so that existing enterprise applications can be accessed from portlets using the IBM WebSphere Portal product.

•    WebSphere Portal V4.1 AIX 5L Installation, REDP3594
  http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedpieceAbstracts/redp3594.html

  This IBM Redbook helps you plan, install, and administer the WebSphere Portal Version 4.1.2 offering product in an IBM AIX 5L environment so that existing enterprise applications can be accessed from portlets using the IBM WebSphere Portal product.

•    Install WebSphere Portal Enable V4.1.2 in a Windows Proof of Concept Environment
  http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=203&q=of%2Bconcept%2Bproof&uid=swg27002296

  With WebSphere Portal V4.1, you can quickly install a proof-of-concept environment with security, scalability, and customization options already in place. This paper walks you through the installation of WebSphere Portal Version 4.1.2 and its prerequisite components.

 

Programming model and scenarios

•    Designing e-business Solutions for Performance
  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/patterns/ebusiness-performance-customer-v2.pdf

  This white paper describes how the design or implementation of an e-business application can affect performance.

•    Manage Web Site Performance
  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/patterns/guidelines/HTTP_Session_Best_Practice.pdf

  This white paper contains tips and techniques for developers building applications that use session persistence. It also helps administrators to tune the WAS product appropriately for these applications.

 

Programming instructions and examples

•    IBM developerWorks
  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/

  IBM developerWorks contains many excellent resources for developers, including tutorials on Web development-related topics. There is an excellent tutorial on the JDBC API.

•    IBM Redbooks
  http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/

  The IBM Redbooks site contains many WAS related documents.

•    Servlets and JavaServer Pages - A Tutorial
  http://www.apl.jhu.edu/~hall/java/Servlet-Tutorial/

  Tutorial from the author of Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages.

 

Programming specifications

•    Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)
  http://java.sun.com/products/jaas/index-10.html

  For more information about JAAS specifications, visit the Sun site that is previously mentioned.

•    Portlet specification
  http://jcp.org/jsr/detail/168.jsp

  For more information about portlet specifications, visit the Sun sponsored site that is previously mentioned.

•    J2EE information
  http://java.sun.com

  For more information about J2EE specifications, visit the Sun site that is previously mentioned.

•    sun.net.inetaddr.ttl property
  http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/guide/net/properties.html

  The following Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition 1.4 Web site describes the private sun.net.inetaddr.ttl property, which also works in Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition 1.3.

•    java.net.URLConnection class
  http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/jcp/beta/

  The Networking section of this Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition 1.4 Web site describes a change in the behavior of the java.net.URLConnection class.

 

Additional applications

•    IBM Workplace Solutions Catalog
  http://www7b.software.ibm.com/wsdd/zones/portal/catalog/index.html

  The portlets that are described in this IBM Workplace Solutions Catalog are provided by many parties, including IBM. The portlets are listed by IBM in this catalog for the information purposes only. Each of the portlets has an applicable user license agreement. The terms and conditions under which a specific portlet can be used and the responsibilities of the user and the portlet provider are described in the user license agreement for that portlet.

 

Administration

•    Best Practices Zone on WSDD
  http://www7b.boulder.ibm.com/wsdd/zones/bp/

  The WebSphere Best Practices Zone is a collection of best practices for administering WAS. Over time, the zone is intended to grow to include best practices for using other WebSphere software products, and to cover more topics. Use the feedback mechanism to submit the best practice suggestions.

•    The IBM Glossary of Computing Terms
  http://www.ibm.com/ibm/terminology/goc/gocmain.htm

  This glossary defines technical terms that are used in many IBM products. It is not a comprehensive resource of all IBM computing terms. This resource is provided for information purposes only and is updated periodically. IBM takes no responsibility for the accuracy of the information it contains.

 

Support

•    WebSphere Portal Support page
  http://www.ibm.com/software/genservers/portalexpress/support/
  

  Take advantage of the Web-based Support and Service resources from IBM to quickly find answers to the technical questions. Here you will find support downloads, hints & tips, product information, and redbooks.

•    IBM Software Support page
  http://www.ibm.com/software/support
  

  You can access this extensive Web-based support through the IBM Software Support portal and search by product category or by product name. For example, if you are experiencing problems that are specific to WAS, select Products A-Z and locate WAS. The WAS Support page appears.

•    IBM Software Support Guide
  http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/guides/contacts.html
  

  This information provides the numbers to reach a duty manager, the numbers of service site hotlines, and the numbers of service site managers.

•    IBM iSeries Information Center
  http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/infocenter.htm
  

  This technical information Web site provides in-depth task-based, concept-based, and reference documentation for the iSeries and iSeries supported hardware and software.

 

See also

• Additional resources