The Step-by-Step Guide to Building World-Class Portlet SolutionsFast! Portlet development traditionally has been difficult and time-consuming, requiring costly resources and specialized expertise in multiple technologies. IBM reg; WebSphere reg; Portlet Factory simplifies and accelerates portlet development, enabling developers to build world-class portlet solutions without in-depth knowledge of portal technology. Expert developer David Bowley walks you through several of todayrs"s most common portlet development scenarios, demonstrating how to create powerful, robust portlets quickly and cost-effectively. Each walkthrough contains all the step-by-step instructions, detailed guidance, fast answers, and working sample code you need to get tangible resultsimmediately. The best resource available on WebSphere Portlet Factory, this bookreflects Bowleyrs"s unsurpassed experience constructing large enterprise portals. Bowley covers everything from back-end integration to user interface and AJAX techniques, helping you choose the right builder tool for each task, and define high-level instructions that generate superior code artifacts. His example projects are simple enough to understand easily, but sophisticated enough to be valuable in real-world development. This book will be indispensable toeverydeveloper who wants to succeed with WebSphere Portlet Factory, including Javatrade;, J2EEtrade;, and SOA developers at all levels of expertise, as well as Lotus reg; Notes reg; developers transitioning to WebSphere Portal. Coverage includes Creating robust portlets: tips, tricks, shortcuts, and previously undocumented ls"gotchasrs" Incorporating Web services, Domino reg; views/forms, and SQL data sources into your portlets Formatting information for more effective display Adding UI controls, charts, validation, Java methods, and other capabilities Displaying context-sensitive content Using AJAX in your portlets Communicating between portlets Implementing error handling, logging, and security