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Web 2.0 portlet and portal programming

This article shows you how to exploit the benefits of the Web 2.0 tooling support in IBM® Rational® Application Developer V7.5 for portlet and portal applications running on IBM® WebSphere® Portal V6.1. In a typical portlet application, each request to the server causes a complete refresh of the browser page, which leads to page flickering and performance gaps. Web 2.0 technology enables you to create more dynamic and responsive applications with a superior user experience. The technology aims to turn Web browsers into semi-rich clients by projecting user interface logic for page rendering, navigation, aggregation, and cross-portlet interaction into user’s browsers.

The Web 2.0 tooling support provided with Rational Application Developer aids and expedites the process of creating such dynamic and responsive portlet and portal applications. Tooling support has been provided so that you can:

• Design portlets that interact using Client-Side Click-to-Action, which is a new event paradigm introduced in WebSphere Portal V6.1 for cooperation between portlets.
• Insert Person Menu and the capability to extend the Person Menu.
• Use an Ajax proxy for portlet applications.
• Use a client-side programming model to retrieve portlet preferences efficiently, performing portlet state changes on the client side.

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IBM WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance

Do you want to install WAS with just one click on a button?

A new appliance has been annouced on the IBM Business Partner Quarterly Get Together.

IBM WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance is a new hardware appliance that provides access to WebSphere virtual images and patterns for easily, quickly and repeatedly creating application environments that can be securely deployed and managed in a private cloud.

More information, click here or send an email to info@optis.be

IBM Business Process Management Journal

Interessed in BPM?

Interessed in the letest set of IBM WebSphere BPM products?

Interessed in SOA?

Then…

IBM Business Process Management Journal will keep you informed

RedBooks – WebSphere Application Server V7.0

Three books you have to read:

• Security Guide
• Administration and Configuration Guide
• Default Messaging Provider Administration Guide

IBM Monitoring and Diagnostic Tools for Java – Health Center

Health Center is a low-processor and memory usage diagnostic tool for monitoring the status of a running IBM Java Virtual Machine (JVM). It provides live information and recommendations in each of the following areas:

• Classes – information about classes being loaded
• Environment – details of the configuration and system of the monitored application
• Garbage collection – information about the Java heap and pause times
• Locking – information about contention on inflated locks
• Profiling – sampling profile of Java methods including call paths

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DataPower XM70 Use Cases and Patterns

This IBM® Redpaper™ publication gives a broad understanding of the WebSphere DataPower XM70 Low Latency Messaging appliance. After a brief introduction to low latency messaging, various messaging patterns are discussed along with configuration details for implementing each pattern. The book wraps up with a section on troubleshooting and performance monitoring specific to the XM70.
This Redpaper publication is intended for individuals who require a better understanding of low latency messaging and how it is implemented on the DataPower XM70. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with concepts and configuration of DataPower appliances.

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What’s new in WebSphere Integration Developer 6.2.0.1

This PDF document provides an overview of some of the improvements and changes included in WebSphere Integration Developer 6.2.0 Fix Pack 1 (6.2.0.1).

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Solution design in WebSphere Process Server: Part 1

This article describes how to design service-oriented architecture (SOA) based solutions using WebSphere® Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus. Part 1 of this article series explores how design techniques change as an SOA matures.

Integrating Adobe Flex and IBM WebSphere Portal

Recently a new article was published on developerWorks. This article walks through the steps you need to take in order to integrate Adobe Flex into IBM WebSphere Portal.

You can read the article here.

WebSphere CloudBurst Appliance

How would you like a program to automatically install WAS on all of the machines in your data center?

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