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> Hi
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> Forgive my intrusion, but I am in need of information.
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> The company I work for (3-4 developers) has up to this point been focusing
> on Lotus Notes/Domino as their primary development target environment.
> However, now the focus is shifting towards IBM Websphere Portal
> (with/without Lotus Domino). My personal primary focus has always been

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> and I use WSAD for most of my work, but up to now a J2EE application

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> environment has been out of the question (unofficial company policy)

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> that the most of my knowledge is self learned on my own time.
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> I have several questions that I hope someone here can help me with so I

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> you can take the time.
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> First off, is there a difference between WebSphere Portal Server and
> WebSphere Portal Express? How do they relate to WebSphere Application

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> (WAS)?

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> I know WAS is IBM's J2EE application server. From what I've read the

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> specification isn't a part of the J2EE 1.4 specification. Is WebSphere
> Portal Express a J2EE application? Can you install this application on top
> of WAS manually or must you install it as a separate application server?
> Will it change when the Portlet specification becomes part of the J2EE

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> My company has little knowledge of Portlets, Servlets, EJB etc. Is there

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> benefit of learning WAS first and then moving on the the Portal Server?

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> sure there is a benefit, but taking into account the time needed to do so.

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> Is there a place on the net where these answers are already answered to

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> me bothering this group in future?

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> Forgive my ignorance, but I'm just in search of information - or at least

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> place to start. IBM's web pages (and product line names) are of little

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> to a newbie.
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> Best regards
> Lee Francis Wilhelmsen
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> Lee:
> See responses below.
>
> David Welch
> sagacityservices.com
> "Lee Francis Wilhelmsen" <leefw@start.no.n-o-s-p-a-m> wrote in message
> news:buj9tr$5tji$1@news.boulder.ibm.com...
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> server
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> Server
> Portal Express is simply a marketing ploy by IBM to sell to
> small/mid-market. There is some
> reduced functionality to the full blown portal product, but, they are the
> same base product. they
> Express version doesn't have a few of the more "enterprise" portlets, and
> there are some usage
> limits on Express (i.e. number of users). Not sure what the latest

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> are.
> Portlet
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> spec?
> The portal installation creates must be it's own application server within
> WAS, called Portal Server. As for installing manually, I don't suggest

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> at least until you know all the pieces VERY well. The portlet spec,

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> doesn't define the configuration of the portal, but concentrates on the
> portlet architecture itself.
> any
> I'm
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> Definitely a benefit of knowing WAS, at least basic administration. As
> you'll find, just to install Portal, there are many challenges that this
> knowledge will come in very handy.
> save
> The developer works site has some very information
> (http://www-106.ibm.com/developerwor...e/zones/portal/). But,

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> group is also very good resource also.
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> a
> help
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