Portal tools

Managing portal environments is a challenging task, which is considerably more challenging than pure J2EE applications running purely on application servers. Portal environment management involves different tools, additional interfaces, and different approaches based on the type of deployable content that is to be deployed, such as portlets, themes, skins, syndicated content, and related artifacts. A few pages would not help one to have a deeper understanding of what these tools and interfaces bring to the table. We highly recommend further reading in the format of the "Managing Portal Environments Wiki" provided on our site in the PDF format.

The best way to manage portal environments is by understanding how each tool fits the build and deploy lifecycle and overall release workflow. Understanding when to use XMLAccess and ReleaseBuilder is a must. Automation should be everybody's goal, but the reality is that unfortunately there is still a lot of manual and error-prone work...