UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA
MAY16TH - MAY 18TH
[Registration Fees to be discounted for JA-SIG Members]
On behalf of the University of Montana, we invite you to participate in
the Portlets 2007 Conference, which will take place at the University of
Montana in Missoula, from Wednesday May 16 - Friday May 18, 2007.
Over the past several years, portals (Ja-Sig uPortal, CampusEAI Oracle
Portal, CampusEAI uPortal, Sungard Luminus, Sungard SCT CampusPipeline,
Sun JES Portal, Unicon Academus, Peoplesoft Portal, Microsoft
Sharepoint) have become powerful and sophisticated information
clearinghouses. As portals have grown in number, scope, and influence,
so has the importance of portlets.
What is a Portlet?*
Portlets are pluggable user interface components that are managed and
displayed in a web portal. Portlets produce fragments of markup code
that are aggregated into a portal page. Typically, following the desktop
metaphor, a portal page is displayed as a collection of non-overlapping
portlet windows, where each portlet window displays a portlet. Hence a
portlet (or collection of portlets) resembles a web-based application
that is hosted in a portal. Portlet applications include email, weather
reports, discussion forums, and news. Portlet standards are intended to
enable software developers to create portlets that can be plugged in any
portal supporting the standards.
For more information on portlets see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portlets
Why are Portlets important?
To derive the maximum value from a portal deployment, organizations must
populate their portals with portlets that aggregate data, content, and
processes from existing and future applications.
Portlets 2007 is a technical conference for information technology staff
members that are new to portlet development as well as for those that
are more advanced.
Classes and tutorials will offer instruction on portlet design,
development, testing, and performance management techniques and
strategies across the portlet development life cycle. Emphasis is on
practical, hands-on information that attendees can put to work in their
organizations today. Topics include:
BEGINNER'S TRACK
* Introduction to portlet development
* Creating your first portlet with JDeveloper
* Portlet PDK development
* Basic multi-tiered portlet development
* Collaborative development in the Community Development Center
* Integration of existing portlets in the CDC
GENERAL TRACK - BEST PRACTICES FOCUS
* Introduction to the Community Development Center
* PL/SQL portlets
* Web 2.0 overview
* Portlet development lab
* Portal showcase
* Coding standards and best practices
* JSR-168**
ADVANCED TRACK
* Advanced multi-tired portlet development with stored procedures
* Portal customization
* XML / XSL
* DWR (Direct Web Remoting)
* AJAX (DHTML)
* Development for mobile devices
* SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
* WSRP (Web Services for Remote Portlets)
* CAS (Central Authentication Service)
What makes this conference unique is the opportunity for attendees to
engage each other's work through presentations, case studies and
roundtable discussions in order to exchange knowledge, experiences, and
lessons learned on portlet development.
During February we will provide further details on the conference
program and fees, and will open on-line registration for the conference.
Meanwhile, you can email me at gordy.pace@umontana.edu to indicate your
interest in participating in the Portlets 2007 Program Committee, to
share your lessons learned in a conference track session, to reserve
seats for your institution, or to sponsor the conference. Please note
that there is a limit to 50 attendees. Registrations will be accepted on
a first-come first-serve basis only.
Mark your calendars! We look forward to seeing you in Missoula.
Gordy Pace
Director of Web Technologies
Information Technology Office
Social Sciences 126
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812
(406) 243-2371 OFFICE
(406) 243-2689 FAX
gordy.pace@umontana.edu
