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Mastering IBM WebSphere Portal: Expert Guidance to Build and Deploy Portal Applications [Paperback]

Ron Ben-Natan (Author), Richard Gornitsky (Author), Tim Hanis (Author), Ori Sasson (Author)
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0764539914 978-0764539916 June 25, 2004 1
Maximize on the power of WebSphere Portal to build and deploy portals

If you use, develop, manage, or administer WebSphere applications, you are probably already building or managing Web portals-or well on your way to doing so. With this comprehensive book, you'll discover how these portals bring together important functions such as integration, presentation, organization, and customizations-functions needed in every complex application environment. The unparalleled author team of experts offers you in-depth insight on mastering the complex aspects of WebSphere Portal, walking you through every facet from installing to deployment.

Mastering IBM WebSphere Portal focuses on not only the portal as a server, but also how it interacts with components such as LDAP servers, enterprise applications, mobile devices, and even other portals. The authors begin with an introduction to the WebSphere product family and then explore such topics as:
* Installing and customizing the portal, as well as migrating existing environments to version 5
* Defining portlets, pages, and user interface properties
* Applying personalization, collaboration, search, and document and content management within WebSphere Portal v. 5
* Using high availability, security and single sign-on, identity management, Web services, and enterprise applications
* Setting up a portal in a high-availability environment and integrating external applications into WebSphere Portal
The companion Web site, www.wiley.com/compbooks/ben-natan, presents all the code in the book as well as links to vendors and sources of information pertaining to WebSphere Portal.


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Maximize on the power of WebSphere Portal to build and deploy portals

If you use, develop, manage, or administer WebSphere applications, you are probably already building or managing Web portals–or well on your way to doing so. With this comprehensive book, you’ll discover how these portals bring together important functions such as integration, presentation, organization, and customizations–functions needed in every complex application environment. The unparalleled author team of experts offers you in-depth insight on mastering the complex aspects of WebSphere Portal, walking you through every facet from installing to deployment.

Mastering IBM WebSphere Portal focuses on not only the portal as a server, but also how it interacts with components such as LDAP servers, enterprise applications, mobile devices, and even other portals. The authors begin with an introduction to the WebSphere product family and then explore such topics as:

  • Installing and customizing the portal, as well as migrating existing environments to version 5
  • Defining portlets, pages, and user interface properties
  • Applying personalization, collaboration, search, and document and content management within WebSphere Portal v. 5
  • Using high availability, security and single sign-on, identity management, Web services, and enterprise applications
  • Setting up a portal in a high-availability environment and integrating external applications into WebSphere Portal
The companion Web site, www.wiley.com/compbooks/ben-natan, presents all the code in the book as well as links to vendors and sources of information pertaining to WebSphere Portal.

About the Author

RON BEN-NATAN is an expert in the field of portals, WebSphere, application security, and database security. He has published several technical books and numerous articles on these topics.

RICHARD GORNITSKY has 23 years of experience in both software development and infrastructure design and is currently a WebSphere Portal Architect with IBM Software Services for Lotus.

TIM HANIS has extensive experience in development and consulting services using WebSphere Portal. He is a Senior Software Engineer at IBM Research Triangle Park Labs.

ORI SASSON is an independent consultant operating out of Singa-pore, specializing in WebSphere Application Server and WebSphere Business Integration. He is the author of several technical books and numerous papers.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 552 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (June 25, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0764539914
  • ISBN-13: 978-0764539916
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,314,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars No Depth., October 24, 2005
This review is from: Mastering IBM WebSphere Portal: Expert Guidance to Build and Deploy Portal Applications (Paperback)
The contents of this book would better be found in technical documents such as user guides, architecture guides, and admin guides. That some reviewers report that this may be the only place to find some of this information says more about the paucity of good IBM documentation (or perhaps just the poor organisation of the IBM portal support site) than about the quality of the book.

This book is fairly limited to the "To save your data, click 'save'" brand of instructions (I thought Microsoft owned the patent on this technique?). Since many many portal configuration pages are self-explanatory, much of this instruction is wasted. And aside from a brief foray into Portlet development, which is a not-too-bad treatment for a neophyte, there is nothing for a developer.

Finally, the name is misleading. Certainly, there is nothing in this book that could possibly lead to "mastery" of the IBM WebSphere Portal.

Don't waste your money.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Best portal book, April 30, 2005
This review is from: Mastering IBM WebSphere Portal: Expert Guidance to Build and Deploy Portal Applications (Paperback)
Best book for learning WebSphere portal (and I have them all). The redbook is also useful but this book is the first one you should read.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Use a redbook instead, April 21, 2006
This review is from: Mastering IBM WebSphere Portal: Expert Guidance to Build and Deploy Portal Applications (Paperback)
This book doesn't even come close to its title. While there is some useful information, it appears to be obvious that this book was slapped together in a rush. Chapter 18 ends abruptly. Chapters 19, 20 don't even exist - in fact based on the table of contents pages 354-403 are missing.

And don't bother trying to find these pages on the "companion" book site. They don't exist there. You have to beg the publisher to get a copy.

Honestly, not worth the time - try downloading a free IBM Redbook instead.
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