Set up the dev environment
Rational Application Developer
- Portlet project support for the standard portlet API and the IBM portlet API.
- Web perspective views and editors for developing portlets.
- Portlet project wizard to create basic portlets, Faces portlets, and Struts portlets.
- Edit and validation of the portlet deployment descriptors (portlet.xml).
- Test of portlets within the workbench using the WebSphere Portal Test Environment.
- Test of portlets on a remote machine using the WebSphere Portal Server Attach.
- Visual tooling to insert portlet programming objects into JSP files, using Page Designer.
- Portlet sample applications, available in the Samples Gallery.
- Educational tutorials, available in the Tutorials Gallery.
Web Experience Factory
- Tight Integration with WebSphere Portal (auto deploy portlets, Click-2-Action, People Awareness, SSO).
- Plug-in to Eclipse and IBM Rational Application Developer.
- Multi-page, complex portlets without coding.
- SOA delivery/robust integration capabilities with existing applications.
- Unlimited customization without the maintenance overhead.
- Business user configuration.
- Rapid iteration and change.
- Flexible deployment options.
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