JB321 Enterprise Portal Platform

Overview

The JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform (JB321) course is designed for experienced system administrators and Java developers who require the capabilities to navigate JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform 5 (JBoss EPP).
Through in-class investigation and hands-on labs, students will acquire the skills to install, configure, and develop compliant portal applications for JBoss EPP using JBoss Developer Studio.
In addition, they will be introduced to the installation and operation of the powerful web content management system, JBoss Site Publisher.

By the end of this course, students will understand the essentials of the JSR-168 and JSR-286 (Portlet 1.0 and 2.0) specifications and how to build, configure and administer compliant portlets onto JBoss EPP.

Prerequisites

• JBoss and EJB3 for Java Developers (JB161) or equivalent experience
• JBoss Application Administration (JB336) or equivalent experience
• Proficiency with JavaEE, including:

A high-level understanding of enterprise and modern web application development

A basic understanding of the operation of Java Enterprise Application Servers

• JBoss Seam Development (JB311) helpful, but not required

Course Outline.

• Installation, setup ,and management of JBoss EPP
• Creating Portlet 1.0 and 2.0 spec-compliant Java Portlets with JBoss Developer Studio
• Converting/migrating a JSF or Seam application to a Portlet using the JBoss Portlet Bridge
• Enabling cross-portlet interaction with inter-portlet communication
• Exposing and consuming portlets as web services with WSRP
• Customizing the look and feel of portals and portlets
• Configuring the JCR
• Configuring EPP for LDAP and single-sign-on
• Installing and configuring JBoss Site Publisher
• Publishing and managing content with JBoss Site Publisher
• Configuring and developing localized Porlets using Internationalization
• Configuring and deploying portal container extensions