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Interesting post from Slashdot on what Sun has announced regarding FX (I mentioned in my previous blog). http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3676226. This was announced less than 12 hours ago at JavaOne. I have not been to any sessions on it as of yet, but it does seem like an AJAX competitor (some say killer). Its amazing how quickly … Read more
Its opening day today at JavaOne (I was here yesterday for Java University). I’m sitting in the keynote address. Some cool things are being announced, as is typical in any opening general session. I’ll comment when I can, and I’ve got a bunch of other material I’ve been saving up – so expect a lot … Read more
HATS comes bundled with several default templates. Only one or two could reasonably be used in a production environment as they are just downright hideous. A template consists of a JSP, images, and stylesheets. Rather than create a new template each time you do a project, you might want to save the project so that … Read more
I am currently installing WebSphere Application Server 6.1 on Fedora Core 6. Just some tips on this: If you are running Fedora under VMWare ESX as I am, you will hopefully be able to use the Virtual Infrastructure Client. You can download this from the VM host server site. I am using a DVD disc … Read more
If you are new to WebSphere Portal, and setting up a test/staging /production environment, then you should closely familiarize yourself with the XmlAccess interface. This is the command line scripting interface. Yes, you are probably thinking “command line?? why got out of the green screen stone age years ago!”. Well that’s fine and dandy, but … Read more
We’ve all been wondering what’s going on with WebSphere App Server’s near glacial release cycle, which IBM has indicated that it will be 2008 until a certified JEE 5 version appears. Based on what IBM has done with Eclipse and their Rational Software development platform, my guess is that IBM will eventually ditch the original … Read more
When you first start Portal 6 up (or Portal 5.1 for that matter), no matter what gear you are running it on, its going to seem slow. If you are doing an install, or planning on doing one, add this to your post-install task list: wpsconfig action-precompile-jsp This will precompile all JSPs within Portal. It … Read more
In looking at the troubleshooting section of the Portal 6 infocenter, I ran across a good troubleshooting article. http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=688&context=SSHRKX&q1=enable-security-wmmur-ldap&uid=swg27008792&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en To reiterate one of the key points in the LDAP setup, you MUST disable global security before running the enable-security task.“wpsconfig disable-security” Then validate your LDAP setup with“wpsconfig validate-ldap-wmmur” (the wmmur is for realm support) Once … Read more
I knew that IBM would not support IE7 on existing platforms (RAD/RWD/RSA 6, etc.), but now they have stated that they will not support IE7 on the upcoming RSDP 7 (codenamed Caspian). The product is not even released and yet IBM is behind the curve! http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21248158 IE 7 has been in Beta for nearly a … Read more
This is a very informative article on how WebSphere Portal security works. It also does a great job of explaining WebSphere app server security, and how external security managers can hook in. It was written by the guys who architected the whole Portal security, so it is from the horses mouth, so to say. http://download.boulder.ibm.com/ibmdl/pub/software/dw/wes/pdf/0611_buehler-WP60-SecurityOverview.pdf(note: … Read more