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johnny
johnny

Reputation: 19725

How can I teach myself websphere?

I have a chance to learn how to administer and develop for WebSphere. But after trying to find a book for it I am at a loss where to begin. I was hoping for some advice. I may have access to the IBM RAD IDE (I think that's what it is), but I am not sure.

I have a project I'd like to put on it but I am lost. Thanks.

edit: I do not care which language I end up using.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1162

Answers (2)

timB33
timB33

Reputation: 1987

Download a trial MQ server from IBM (to some hosts or VMs? that won't matter if you break them...), and (optionally) add a WMB in front of it to transform some messages and fire some messages at it from a GUI client via another broker?

so you 'could': ia92 java gui to fire messages->microbroker(or rsmb or mosquitto)->WMB(optional)->MQ

have a look at the messages arriving on MQ via Websphere explorer (or its command line client, try googling for 'websphere MQ quick reference card') have a fiddle about with its subscriptions etc

and then start consuming those messages from its queues on the 'other' side of the chain via a WAS and then a java client MQ->MQ(bridge maybe)->WAS->some Java EE client you've written

don't forget the red books, keep it simple and then keep on adding complexity e.g. encryption etc.

Upvotes: 2

ebullient
ebullient

Reputation: 1280

Ok. There are two parts to your question (and I'm sticking to the base application server here):

a) writing applications: WebSphere Application Server is a J2EE application server. So any web resource or forum or blog describing how to write servlets or JSPs or applications that use EJBs will work. There are lots of those. If you want to stick with IBM resources, you could look for redbooks or developerworks articles. For more general information (patterns, practices, etc) you could try http://theserverside.com.

b) administering the application server: Redbooks like this can give a pretty good overview (as the other poster mentioned).

There is also a WebSphere education channel on youtube which addresses both questions.

Upvotes: 4

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