IBM's WebSphere

This page is designed to be a resource for help in preparing for the IBM's Certified WebSphere Exam.

IBM's Resources

• Home Page - http://www.ibm.com/software/websphere
• WAS (Websphere Application Server) Home Page - http://www-01.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/was/
  • Download a Trail Version on this page.
• Other WebSphere links:
  • WebSphere developer domain: http://www.ibm.com/websphere/developer  - downloads also.
  • Developer download for WAS - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/ws/wasdevelopers
  • RAD (Rational Application Developer) - develop WAS applications.
    • Trial: Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V7.0 - http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/a-egdtest/trials/rad
    • Deploy to WAS (Websphere Application Server) or WPS (Websphere Portal Server)
  • WID (Websphere Integration Developer) -
    • Deploy to WPS (Websphere Process Server) or WESB (Websphere Enterprise Service Bus)

Development Tools

• IBM Rational Application Developer for WebSphere Software V8.0 Multilingual Multiplatform

Certification

• www.ibm.com/software/ad/certify or www.ibm.com/certify-  IBM's Application Development Certification home page. (VisualAge, WebSphere, XML, etc...)
• http://www-4.ibm.com/software/ad/certify/news.html - IBM's Certification News highlights.

Books

• www.redbooks.ibm.com or IBM Employees (w3.education.com, the link to redbooks.)
  • Backend:  Look for "Servlet and JSP Programming with IBM WebSphere Studio and VisualAge for Java"   SG245755-00, 2000-05-16.  A PDF file can be viewed online or downloaded (size 6720K).
    • Chapter 3 - Talks about installing the WebShpere related products:  JDK, IBM HTTP Server, DB2, VAJ, Websphere Application Server, Websphere Studio.
  • Frontend:  Look for "The Front of IBM WebSphere Building e-business User Interfaces"  SG245488-00, 2000-01-27.  PDF availalbe for download Redbook (size 2236K)
  • OOD:  Look for "Design and Implement Servlets JSPs and EJBs for IBM WebSphere Application Server"   SG245754-00, 2000-08-23.  A PDF file can be viewed online or download (size 2008K). 
  • Other Websphere Redbooks
    • Design Considerations: From Client/Server Applications to e-business Applications, SG24-5503-00 1999-12-20
    • User-to-Business Patterns Using WebSphere Enterprise Edition: Patterns for e-business Series, SG24-6151-00 2000-09-15
  • WS-SW-B605: "EJBs: Using VisualAge for Java and Deployment on WebSphere Servers," October 1999

Other Resources

• Novell - the Novell Developer Kit is growing to include IBM's WebSphere Application Server for NetWare, Standard Edition. 
  ( http://developer.novell.com/ndk )
  Quote from a Novell Email: "WebSphere is an open, extensible development solution with a production-oriented focus on the servlet engine and Java* Server Pages. It includes a secure, scalable runtime environment that supports HTTP, IIOP and Enterprise Java. Use WebSphere to connect enterprise data to the Web and make the transition from simple Web publishing to advanced Web
  applications. WebSphere combines the control and portability of server-side business applications with the performance and manageability of Java technologies to offer you a comprehensive Web application platform for powerful interaction with enterprise databases and transaction systems.

http://www.nwconnection.com/dec.99/websphered9/index.html - Netware Connections article on Webshere Applications Server with Netware 5.1.

Other Web Application Servers

• WebLogic by BEA
  • http://edocs.bea.com/index.html - WebLogic by BEA. Web and Wireless Application Server.
  • http://www.bea.com/products/weblogic/server/index.shtml - Product home page.
    Click on download in the upper left corner and you can download a 30 day trial version.
• JBOSS by RedHat - open source

My Notes

• Install Notes v3.5 - WebSphere Product Family (WebSphere Application Server, JDK, IBM HTTP Server, DB2, VAJ, WebSphere Studio, and configuration information.
• JSP rendering problem.  We had a web application that worked fine in using Tomcat (& Struts) but had problems using Websphere.  Place this code at the top of the JSP pages.
  <%@ page language="java" buffer="none" %>

Last edited: 12/12/13