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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

bulletwww.software.ibm.com/webservers - IBM WebSphere trial version.
bulletwww.software.ibm.com/webservers/appserv/tutorial.html - Tutorial-WebSphere (You will need to download several files.  Also need Win NT)
bulletOther WebSphere links:
bulletWebSphere software: http://www.ibm.com/websphere (follow link to library) 
bulletApplication Framework for e-business software: http://www.ibm.com/software/ebusiness
bulletJava resources: http://www.ibm.com/java 
bulletVisualAge for Java developer domain: http://www.ibm.com/software/vadd 
bulletWebSphere Application Server resources: http://www.ibm.com/software/webservers 
bulletWebSphere developer domain: http://www.ibm.com/websphere/developer 

Certification

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

Books

bulletwww.redbooks.ibm.com or IBM Employees (w3.education.com, the link to redbooks.)
bulletBackend:  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).
bulletChapter 3 - Talks about installing the WebShpere related products:  JDK, IBM HTTP Server, DB2, VAJ, Websphere Application Server, Websphere Studio.
bulletFrontend:  Look for "The Front of IBM WebSphere Building e-business User Interfaces"  SG245488-00, 2000-01-27.  PDF availalbe for download Redbook (size 2236K)
bulletOOD:  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). 
bulletOther Websphere Redbooks
bulletDesign Considerations: From Client/Server Applications to e-business Applications, SG24-5503-00 1999-12-20
bulletUser-to-Business Patterns Using WebSphere Enterprise Edition: Patterns for e-business Series, SG24-6151-00 2000-09-15
bulletWS-SW-B605: "EJBs: Using VisualAge for Java and Deployment on WebSphere Servers," October 1999

Other Resources

bulletNovell - 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

bulletWebLogic by BEA
bullethttp://edocs.bea.com/index.html - WebLogic by BEA. Web and Wireless Application Server.
bullethttp://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.

My Notes

bulletInstall Notes v3.5 - WebSphere Product Family (WebSphere Application Server, JDK, IBM HTTP Server, DB2, VAJ, WebSphere Studio, and configuration information.
bulletJSP 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: 12/20/07