http://royrusso.sys-con.com/ Latest News from Roy Russo en Copyright 2009 Ulitzer.com Ulitzer.com Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:46:36 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss 360 http://royrusso.sys-con.com/node/131819 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.<p><a href="http://royrusso.sys-con.com/node/131819" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Sat, 22 Oct 2005 18:00:00 EDT http://royrusso.sys-con.com/node/131819 http://royrusso.sys-con.com/node/131819#feedback