I just saw that IBM released beta 3 of Portal 7 this week. I didn’t see it on my #ls10 radar on twitter, so I guess I’m not following enough Portal geeks out there. New features in Beta 3 include: Tagging allows users (and entire user communities) to classify, organize and structure content autonomously. It … Read more
I’m participating in Portal 6.1 training today. Good stuff. Here’s a screen cap from one of the presentations which shows what’s going to be new in Rational Application Developer 7.5 and WebSphere Portlet Factory 6.1. The biggie is support for JSR 286, the new Portlet API. ©2016 Strongback Consulting
When using the SQL call builder in WebSphere Portlet Factory, you can either enter the SQL directly into the SQL field, or select an existing script. I recommend that you do your SQL in separate text files, and then import them. That way can more easily test the SQL using the Data perspective in RAD. … Read more
I missed this update from IBM last month, but anyone using Portlet factory can and should update to this fix pack. The fix pack was available for download on Nov. 13. From the article: What’s new in WebSphere Portlet Factory V6.0.2 software: Support for deploying applications to Lotus Expeditor and Lotus Notes® environments, enabling developers … Read more