Course Objective

To enable and train the community of developers, tech leads, IT Managers and architects who are proficient with earlier versions of WebSphere Portlet Factory to take advantage of the new functions and features of WebSphere Portlet Factory 7.

Key Focus

• Overview of features of IBM WebSphere Portlet Factory 7
• Usage of new builders that automate portlet/ application creation
• Emphasis on construction of Rich Internet Applications for Portal and WebSphere Application Server that uses new Dojo & AJAX techniques
• Profiling Techniques and construction of applications for multiple devices

Course Description

Overview

This is a 1-day delta course on WebSphere Portlet Factory 7 presented by IBM & Streebo that is targeted towards users who have prior experience/ training of working with previous versions of Portlet Factory. The users are introduced to the new features and functions of the WebSphere Portlet Factory 7.

This course initially provides an overview of the new features of WebSphere Portlet Factory 7.  Next, it dives into the design and construction of Rich Internet Applications using the new set of Dojo & AJAX builders. Designed as a series of labs, this course also guides the user through the concept of dynamic profiling and construction of smart phone applications. Each module taught is equipped with real-life or certain times participant’s use–cases for lab exercises.

The primary objective of Streebo is to ensure that you not only learn the concepts of Portlet Factory but also are completely hands on with it and can actually apply it to your real life business use case scenarios.

Want to get your portlets rolling faster than before? Do you want to learn how to create an exceptional web-experience? Then join us for a day to help you get on-board with what’s new in WPF 7.

Course topics

The following topics are presented in this course:

New Features in WPF 7 - An Overview

• Exceptional User Experience using WPF 7
• Key Updates in Designer and Workspace
• Overview of Deployment procedures and automatic synchronization with remote servers
• Highlight new Pagination & Memory Management techniques
• Migrating from earlier version of Factory – key considerations

Building Rich Internet Applications (RIA) with the Latest Dojo builders & AJAX Techniques

• Implementing Ajax and Partial Page Refresh in your applications using Smart Refresh
• Leveraging enhanced table features such as tabular data, client-side dragging and re-sizing of columns and Dojo in-line edit
• Creating advanced visualizations with IBM ILOG JViews charting engine
• Techniques to construct reports and views that have a rich interactive interface using themes
• Construction of Rich Dojo Forms and Dynamic Validation
• Building immersive visual experience using Dojo Lightbox & Dojo Hover Tab Container
• Improving information organization with Dojo Accordian Container & Dojo Slider
• Usage of microformats & creation of flexible application layouts using Dojo Border Container

Profiling & Construction of Smart Phone applications

• Portlet Factory's dynamic profiling capability enabling multi-channel rendering from a single code base
• Profiling of any builders that generate UI to optimize the UI and layout for different device types (Smartphone Applications)
• Multi-channel execution architecture

Prerequisites

Candidate must be acquainted/working with the previous version of PF.

Audience

This course is targeted towards developers, technical leads, architects and technical managers who want to familiarize themselves with the tools and techniques introduced by Portlet Factory v 7.0

Delivery Method

Instructor led, self-paced, classroom-delivery or On-Line learning model (face-to-face or virtual) with structured hands-on activities.

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Course Materials

Lab Guide, Instructor Guide.

Streebo’s Training Methodology

At the Streebo Academy – there is no “death by PowerPoint” or please move into a “listen only” mode – rather we keep our participants fully engaged.  Prior to on-boarding you in one of our training class, we will spend some time with you to understand your expectations from the training, review the use-cases you are attempting to solve and the portal solutions that you are trying to build. Once we fully comprehend how you plan to employ this tool we will customize the training message to ensure your success.

Faculty & Instructors

Each faculty member in our Academy has over a decade of experience in WebSphere Portal development. Many of our top faculty members work closely with IBM engineering and Lab Services teams to develop Factory based automated solutions and build courseware and certifications related to products and offerings around IBM’s Factory technology. All our instructors bring real-world experience to their workshops and classes - this makes the training fun and gives learning a whole new meaning.