IBM WebSphere Portal 8: Web Experience Factory and the Cloud

by Chelis Camargo, Helmar Martens

Overview

IBM WebSphere® Portal is a cost- effective, scalable, and proven solution for the portal enterprise space. Given the depth and the breadth of WebSphere Portal and the challenges of developing a portal project, you need a book that covers all the nuances of the entire portal project lifecycle. This book accomplishes just that.
In this book, we cover topics that range from portal assessment, governance, and architecture, to design and development. These topics are covered not only within these traditional areas, but also within the cloud environment context. Keeping both contexts in mind, several chapters are dedicated to portal and portlet testing, troubleshooting, performance monitoring, best practices, and tuning. The cloud option is also analyzed and discussed for hosting, developing, and publishing portal applications. We also cover Web Experience Factory (WEF) as the tool of choice for portlet development. We take you from the introduction to the development of advanced portlets in an intuitive and efficient manner. We cover not only common topics, such as builders, models, and user interface development, but also advanced topics, such as Dojo builders, Ajax techniques, and WEF performance.
Within the WEF space, we cover other topics, which have never been covered before by any other competing book. You will learn how to develop multichannel applications, including web mobile applications and you will learn about the model types available for portlet development, including when and how to utilize them. We also present and discuss numerous aspects and facets of implementing a WEF project and what it takes to successfully deliver them.
The richness and the profundity of the topics combined with an intuitive and well-structured presentation of the chapters will provide you with all the information you need to master your skills with the IBM WebSphere Portal project lifecycle and Web Experience Factory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849684057
Publisher:	Packt Publishing
Publication date:	09/25/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	474
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Chelis Camargo has over 20 years of experience in IT consulting on SDLC management, infrastructure, testing and application architecture. He is a self-taught technology enthusiast and performance SME who loves IBM WebSphere Portal as a product and as an architectural pattern. With over 10 years of Portal experience as a senior lead architect, he has led many large scale portal efforts with multi-millionaire budgets. He has worked for IBM Global Services portal practice and consulted for many portal business partners. On his free time he enjoys artificial intelligence, robotics, astronomy, Tesla physics and some other fun stuff. Occasionally he plays some 'rare' percussion instruments like Cuica (or 'kweeca') and Berimbal (or beɾĩˈbaw). Above all he enjoys spending quality time with his family and playing WII with his 3 year old son.

Helmar Martens holds a degree in Economics from Mackenzie Presbyterian University, located in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Helmar has been working with WebSphere Portal and WEF (formerly WPF) since 2000, when he joined Bowstreet, the company which originally created WEF. Helmar has also worked for IBM in several capacities including that of Lead Support Engineer, Technical Sales Specialist, and IT Specialist. As a Senior WEF Specialist and Portal Architect, Helmar has worked in projects for clients such as NASA, Citibank, New York City Department of Education, Swiss Reinsurance, and other customers in US, Europe, and Asia. Currently, Helmar lives in Texas, where he enjoys a wonderful Texan social and cultural atmosphere.