1. JSR-168 Portlet Development
Simplified, Second Edition: Learning
How to Develop Effective, JSR-168,
Portal Applications, Everything from
the GenericPortlet to the Struts and
JSF Apache Portlet Bridges by
Cameron W McKenzie
Another Must Have Book
Imagine a portlet development book that dealt with just that: portlet
development. Imagine a great book that made understanding the JSR-
168 API easy, and taught you exactly what you needed to know to start
developing effective portlet solutions; solutions that could be developed
and deployed to any JSR-168 compliant portal server. Imagine a portlet

2. development book that did not complicate things with sidetrack discussions
of Maven, or Lucene, or proprietary portal server solutions that have
nothing to do with the core concept of JSR-168 portlet development.
Imagine a portlet development book that was up to date. Imagine a
book that set out to explain JSR-168 portlet development, and did just that
- explain, in simple terms, how to leverage the JSR-168 portlet API, and
create smart and effective portlet applications. Well, let me tell you: this
is the portlet development book for which you have been waiting. A Good
Book On Understanding JSR-168 Portlet Development is the only book
you need to start learning how to effectively and intelligently take
advantage of the JSR-168, portlet development API. Starting off with a
basic introduction to the Portlet interface, this book progressively
graduates to more and more advanced topics, covering everything from
the complexities of handling a request-response cycle in a GenericPortlet,
to the nuances of action processing, all the way to the implementation of
custom portlet modes within a JSR-168 compliant portlet. If it has to do
with the JSR-168 API, it is covered in this book, and it is covered in a way
that makes learning about portlet development fun and easy. Every
single object in the JSR-168 API is covered, with simple, straight forward,
properly explained examples, that you can easily follow, and use as
templates for further exploration and portlet development. Furthermore,
the latest edition has extra information on developing the Ajax portlet, and
basic deployment to various portal servers, such as Pluto and JetSpeed2
(2.1). About the Author In an industry where most technical books are
written by a slew of authors, the unique, single-author book, is a rare find.
Well, this book on portlet development is one of those rare finds.
Written entirely by one author, Cameron McKenzie, the book follows one,
single, logical flow of thinking, making the chapters and sections flow
together without the choppiness of books written by an entire team of
developers. In penning this technical book, the author has one, cle ar,
focus - to help the reader understand how to easily and effectively build
portlet applications by leveraging the various components that make up the
JSR-168 API. Starting off with a very simple and easy to understand
overview of basic request-response programming, and finally graduating
with the intricacies of JSF and Struts portlet development, Cameron
progressively and systematically leads you through the process of portlet
development, allowing both novice and advanced developers to graduate
with a profound understanding of how portlet applications are developed.
If you are developing portlet applications, and you are using the JSR-168
API, this is the book that you need by your side. Chapters Include:
* Portlets - The Basics * Request-Response Programming with a Portlet
* Rendering a View with Java Server Pages * Linking Back to the Portal
* Understanding The PortletSession * Action Processing *
Understanding Portlet Modes * Creating Custom Portlet Modes *
Portlet Configuration Objects * Effective Portlet Internationalization *
The Struts Portlet Demystified * The Java Server Faces (JSF) Portlet
Demystified * Portlet Development Best Practices * The AJAX
Portlet * Basic Packaging and Deployment to Pluto * Deployment to

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168 portlet development.
Personal Review: JSR-168 Portlet Development Simplified,
Second Edition: Learning How to Develop Effective, JSR-168,
Portal Applications, Everything from the GenericPortlet to the
Struts and JSF Apache Portlet Bridges by Cameron W McKenzie
Very similar in style and format as the Hibernate and JPA book by the
same author. (Hibernate Made Easy: Simplified Data Persi stence with
Hibernate and JPA (Java Persistence API) Annotations)
This book provides complete coverage of the JSR168 API, withou t going
into peripheral topics such as skins, themes and third party extensions.
There are sections on Struts, JSF and Ajax though, which are good.
I like the style of these books, but the informal feel might not be for
everyone. Sample content is available from the book's website. I'd suggest
getting a feel for the authors style first by viewing it. If you like the way the
author writes, you'll learn alot from this book.
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