Developing portlets

The development of portlets involves the following tasks:

1. Deciding whether to use the IBM portlet API or the JSR 168 portlet API. See Portlet APIs for more information.

2. Creating a portlet project. See Creating portlets and portlet projects for more information.

3. Creating and programming the portlets, which can involve
   • Creating portlet JSP files. See Creating portlet JSP files for information.

   • Using Struts. See Creating Struts portlets and projects for information.

   • Using JavaServer Faces (Faces). See Creating Faces portlets and projects for information.

   • Accessing data. See Adding data access to portlets for information.

   • Using people awareness functionality. See Adding people awareness to portlet JSP files for information.

   • Using cooperative portlets. See Developing cooperative portlets for information.

   • Compiling portlets. See Compiling portlets for information.

   • Modifying portlet deployment descriptors. See Working with portlet deployment descriptors for information.

   • Using personalization resources. See Using Personalization wizards and resources for information.