What kind of Java expertise is necessary to develop a campus portal using uPortal?
In general, to use the uPortal framework to develop a campus portal (the “instance” of the portal for use with your application server), over and above the level of expertise necessary to administer your application server (see above), you must be an experienced Java programmer, familiar with the JDK 1.2 tools for compiling, packaging, deploying and running server-side Java programs, and conversant with most of the technologies that comprise the J2EE specification. Specifically, at a minimum, you must have experience with:ยท XML. The uPortal framework uses XML and XSLT extensively to ensure the platform independence of data and to separate that data from it’s presentation. To develop a portal with uPortal, you will have to create/edit XML files and create/edit XSL stylesheets. If you’re not fluent with the XML-related APIs in Java, [McLaughlin2000] provides a comprehensive tutorial on writing Java programs that can create and manipulate XML documents. The uPortal developers highly recom
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