I would really like to have help understanding, from the ground up (in its entirety), how portals and portlets work.
I'm not talking about specifications or IDEs that make it easy, I want to know the low-level blood and guts of this technology, because I want to understand what is going on behind the scenes of the (buggy) IDE I'm using (IBM Websphere Portal), which many times doesn't seem to logically work like (I believe) it should.
I'm still new to Java and the J2EE architecture, and have no formal training (books and the internet are about it), and nobody that I can ask (I asked one of the other developers for help, and he seriously asked me what a porlet was, not deadpan humor, but in complete honesty)!
This is a plea for help, and I'm very sorry if this is verbose, but I need to understand this, and I need to do it quickly, because I feel as if, and not without good cause, my superiors are getting impatient with my results (or lack thereof).
Specifically what I am asking for is: an in-depth explanation of the structure of portlets and portals any good resources (I'm tired of IBM, and wanting to go open source somebody who is willing to help teach and mentor me in this field
(I know it is a lot to ask, but I have no-one here to help me, and it is stressing me out, majorly! Plus I don't know if my job is in jeopardy, but I know I'm not stupid, and I have a great willingness to learn)
[ August 24, 2006: Message edited by: Sixfrido Mendez ]
I'm not talking about specifications or IDEs that make it easy, I want to know the low-level blood and guts of this technology, because I want to understand what is going on behind the scenes of the (buggy) IDE I'm using (IBM Websphere Portal), which many times doesn't seem to logically work like (I believe) it should.
I'm still new to Java and the J2EE architecture, and have no formal training (books and the internet are about it), and nobody that I can ask (I asked one of the other developers for help, and he seriously asked me what a porlet was, not deadpan humor, but in complete honesty)!
This is a plea for help, and I'm very sorry if this is verbose, but I need to understand this, and I need to do it quickly, because I feel as if, and not without good cause, my superiors are getting impatient with my results (or lack thereof).
Specifically what I am asking for is:
(I know it is a lot to ask, but I have no-one here to help me, and it is stressing me out, majorly! Plus I don't know if my job is in jeopardy, but I know I'm not stupid, and I have a great willingness to learn)
[ August 24, 2006: Message edited by: Sixfrido Mendez ]