Creating JavaServer Faces 2.0 portlet and projects

The portlet project is the environment where you perform activities such as link-checking, building, testing, and publishing.

About this task

Use the New Portlet Project wizard to create portlet projects.

Important: Facelet development is supported only for JavaServer Faces 2.0 applications.

Procedure

To create JavaServer Faces 2.0 portlet application:

  1. Open the Web perspective.
  2. In the Enterprise Explorer view, right-click and click New > Portlet Project.
  3. In the Name field, enter a name for the portlet project.
  4. In the Target runtime field, select WebSphere® Portal version 8.0 as the target runtime environment.
  5. Click Finish.

What to do next

For more information on creating a portlet project, see Creating portlets and portlet projects.

Use these views to implement JavaServer Faces technology in your portlet application:
  • The Page Data view, where you can see the defined data sources and define new data sources.
  • The Palette view, which contains drawers such as the Enhanced Faces Components drawer and the Standard Faces Components drawer. Use the Palette view to add user interface (UI) components to your page.

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