BEA | Dev2Dev | July 2006

JULY 6, 2006

By developers, for developers

Out now: WebLogic Portal 9.2, Workshop for WebLogic 9.2, WebLogic Server 9.2

There are lots of goodies for you to download this week with BEA announcing three product releases:

WebLogic Portal 9.2 (download, docs, developer center) - Josh introduces some of the many new features, including Ajax support. Also check out New Federation Features in WebLogic Portal 9.2.
Workshop for WebLogic 9.2 (download, docs, developer center) - Chris introduces the some of the new features, noting that this is now Eclipse + WTP based and features a consolidated Web services stack, Beehive IDE and 8.1 upgrade tools. See the BEA WebLogic for Workshop Demonstrations for a visual tour of some of the features.
WebLogic Server 9.2 (download, what’s new, developer center) - this is a bump from 9.1 and seems to include a number of new security features (including XACML roles/policies), JMS enhancements, a WS-SecureConversations implementation, Automatic Singleton Service Migration in clustering, and much more.

Enjoy!

Regards,
Jon Mountjoy
Editor, BEA Dev2Dev

		New Federation Features in WebLogic Portal 9.2

WebLogic Portal 9.2 introduces powerful new federation features including porlet registries, federation interceptors, user profile propagation, and tooling. Here, Alex Toussaint introduces federation and the new features.
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		Developing Web Applications in a Clustered Environment Using WLST and BEA Workshop

The WebLogic Scripting Tool (WLST) is a powerful utility, and belongs in any developer’s toolbox. In this tutorial, Michael Meiner shows how to use WLST to create and manage clusters. He shows how to script this work from the command line and from within BEA Workshop.
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		Content Personalization: Planning and Implementation

Providing users with targeted content takes careful planning. Michael Padilla shows how you can use BEA WebLogic Portal 8.1 to implement and manage personalized content.
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Featured Items


»	WebLogic for Workshop Demonstrations

	See the new WebLogic for Workshop 9.2 in action in these demos showing how to build annotated Web services, controls, web applications and pageflows.

Events


»	Blended Application Development and Optimized Deployment

	This technical seminar series will visit various cities throughout North America.

»	BEAWorld 2006 is coming

	San Francisco - Sept. 19-21 Prague - Oct. 10-11 Beijing - Dec. 13-14


In The Blogs



Highlights in Workshop for WebLogic 9.2
New blogger Chris Hogue provides some highlights of Workshop for WebLogic 9.2. Chris points out that the programming model utilizes Apache Beehive, and that the new Workshop includes a unified Web Services stack.
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Introducing WebLogic Portal 9.2
Josh Lannin enthusiastically greets the arrival of WebLogic Portal 9.2 by listing some of the new features, including community driven portals, improved WSRP support, Ajax asynchronous portlets and the Eclipse-based tooling.
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Good and Bad Persistence Strategies for BPM Engines
Jesper Joergensen starts talking about AquaLogic Business Process Management and how to go about persisting large variables in the process. Speaking about ALBPM, check out Clinton Davidson’s blog for more coverage.
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