Building Domino portlets for WebSphere

One way to integrate Domino applications into a WebSphere environment is to create Domino portlets to run in WebSphere Portal. To make it easier, IBM and its partners have created a plethora of pre-built portlets and tools to help Domino developers build portlets that meet their exact needs -- without having to write lots of code.

There are basically three options for building portlets that display and manipulate Domino data: use IBM's out-of-the-box portlets and simply wire them to your Domino database; use the Portlet Builder to "auto-magically" create portlets without programming them; or, create a custom portlet.

To sum things up, it's possible to create Domino portlets with three different methods depending on your level of programming expertise and the sophistication required of your portlet. Giv

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en that portals are becoming ubiquitous in organizations, and that IBM and other vendors offer many helpful tools for creating portlets, there's no good excuse for not getting a start on "portlet-izing" your Domino applications.

About the authors:

Tony Higham is the chief solutions officer at FatWire Software and an expert on Lotus, WebSphere and Java technologies. He can be reached at tony.higham@FatWire.com.

Sue Hildreth is a contributing writer and editor based in Waltham, Mass. She can be reached at Sue.Hildreth@comcast.net.

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