Roy Russo

When speaking of Web application development today, it's difficult to ignore the overwhelming influence of the Portlet Specification (JSR-168). Even before the specification was formally finalized by the expert group, the Java world saw older CMS application implementing it and new portal software arrivals in the market. The proverbial "gold rush" to develop new applications as portlets, refactor existing applications to comply with the specification, and deploy new Web sites on portal software is not without good reason. The Java community was lacking a unifying specification in the Web tier, where all previous work could be brought together and leveraged, removing the tedious tasks developers once had to endure when creating most common Web applications. Portals, as defined by the specification, are a new arrival in the market and much of the fanfare is due to ju... (more)