Portlets in Action is a comprehensive, hands-on guide to building portlet-driven applications in Java. Covers Portlet 2.0, Spring 3.0 Portlet MVC, WSRP 2.0, Portlet Bridges, Ajax, Comet, Liferay, GateIn, Spring JDBC, and Hibernate. About the Technology Portlets are the small Java applications that run within a portal. Good portlets work independently and also communicate fluently with the portal, other portlets, as well as outside servers and information sources. Using Java's Portlet 2.0 API and portal servers like Liferay, you can build flexible, stable business portals without the design overhead required by other application styles. About the Book Portlets in Action is a comprehensive guide to building portlet-driven applications in Java. It teaches portlet development hands-on as you develop a portal that incorporates most key features of the Portlet 2.0 API. And because portals and portlets are so flexible, the accompanying source code can be easily adapted and reused. Along the way, you'll learn how to work with key web frameworks like Spring 3.0 Portlet MVC and DWR.
Written for Java developers. No prior experience with portlets required
Purchase of the print book comes with an offer of a free PDF, ePub, and Kindle eBook from Manning. Also available is all code from the book. What's Inside
Complete coverage of the Portlet 2.0 API
Spring 3.0 Portlet MVC and the Liferay portal server
Portal design best practices
Reusable source code
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Table of Contents
PART 1 GETTING STARTED WITH PORTLET DEVELOPMENT
Introducing portals and portlets
The portlet lifecycle
Portlet 2.0 API - portlet objects and container-runtime options
Portlet 2.0 API - caching, security, and localization
Building your own portal
Using the portlet tag library
PART 2 DEVELOPING PORTLETS USING SPRING AND HIBERNATE