Hi all,

Can anyone please tell me what the cheapest way is of obtaining the install 
files needed to setup Portal 5.1?

I'd like to set this up at home so that I study for my 5.1 dev exam, but the
re doesnt appear to be any trial version available for download.

In order to get my hands on this, do I need to become a member of partner wo
rld, or is there another way? If so, could you tell me what level I need and
 how much this would cost me?

I have tried directing this question to an email address for support at Part
nerWorld but have heard nothing...

Thanks in advance for any help,

Ian
(PCLP Domino Developer)

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I'm not sure if I can answer your question but I can hopefully get you in th
e right direction.

There're a few options you can investigate in order for you to make a good d
ecission.

If your planning to develop applications using a Portal framework you can go
 very expensive or ,what I'm assuming you're doing is learning on your own, 
you should consider alternatives.

A portal framework comes in different flavors.  These are just "wrappers" to
 application servers.  These wrappers, frameworks, etc are nothing without a
 good set of stable portlets.  Portlets have an specification (JSR -168 or W
RPS) also known as APIs.  

So, you'll need two things to get you going.  A Portal framework and A Portl
et API.

Expensive 
IBM Websphere Portal Solution V5.1
IBM Rational Application Developer v6.0.0.1

 Alternatives/Open Source
LIFERAY 3.5
Gridsphere 2.0 
Pluto
SUN Portal Server

ETC.  You should always keep in mind you want a Framework that support JSR-1
68 and Portlet APIs tha comply to JSR 168.  Is your safest route.

Have fun,
Robert
 
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Originally posted by  
Hi all,

Can anyone please tell me what the cheapest way is of obtaining the install 
files needed to setup Portal 5.1?

I'd like to set this up at home so that I study for my 5.1 dev exam, but the
re doesnt appear to be any trial version available for download.

In order to get my hands on this, do I need to become a member of partner wo
rld, or is there another way? If so, could you tell me what level I need and
 how much this would cost me?

I have tried directing this question to an email address for support at Part
nerWorld but have heard nothing...

Thanks in advance for any help,

Ian
(PCLP Domino Developer) 

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You can download Rational Application Developer (RAD) from IBM website and p
repare yourself with Portal 5.0 Test environment. As of now, you cannot down
load Portal 5.1 test environment as a developer.

Regards,
Bala

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