where does ibm web experience factory fit in your architecture? tech-d22 from ibm exceptional web...
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Web Experience Factory (WEF) has matured as a framework and web and mobile solution development tool over the last several years. While the WEF design interface and services enable rapid custom development, too often implementation emphasis has focused more on speed versus how it fits into proper architecture.(The tendency is just start coding)! By its nature WEF allows for many levels of integration, but it still has to be structured in a way that fits proper design. This session is geared towards IT architects and developers and provides guidance to leverage WEF as a part of their overall architectural plan. We will discuss how WEF fits in various combinations of architecture. The goal will be to refer to best practices patterns, identify where WEF “fits” in your plan and to give you a head start on a successful use of WEF in your multichannel solutions. Topics covered will include WEF in Architectural patterns A sample Navigation Pattern in the View Some Patterns for WEF page automation and profiling Starting and governing a WEF project including QA Integrating your unique developer skills with WEFTRANSCRIPT
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Exceptional Web Experience 2013 Americas May 20 – 23, 2013 | Hilton Chicago
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TECH-D22Where does Web Experience Factory fit in your Architecture?
David Wade | Davalen, LLC | [email protected]
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Session Overview
This session is geared towards IT architects and developers to present Web Experience Factory as a framework that is part of their overall architectural plan. The overall goal is to prompt you to bring your expertise into the process of growing the design patterns in WEF and using it successfully in your solutions.
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Agenda
With Web Experience Factory in Focus
•Architectural Mindset
•Design Patterns
•Developers Mindset
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Architectural Mindset - Proper Balance
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Architectural Mindset – What are we building?
Company Employees Team WEF Type
Manufacturer 350 2 2 Production Portal
Education 135,000 300 10 Teacher Portal
Retail 5,000 20 4 Buyer Portal
Education 21,000 8 1 Online Benefits
Education 21,000 8 2 SABA Portal
Insurance ? 100+ 10 Agent Portal
Airline 100,000 5 2 Booking Portlets
Manufacturer ? 50+ 6 Retail Portal
Energy ? 5 2 Energy Portal POC
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Architectural Mindset – Separation of Layers
Application
Business (Presentation) Logic
Business (Presentation) Logic
PresentationPresentation Portal Integration Builders
UI Builders
Business Logic Interface
Business Logic (LJOs)
Data Service Interface – Service Definition
Data Service Builders
Back-end data systems
UnitTest
UnitTest
Logging
Error Handling
Profiling
Caching
UI Frameworks Event Builders …
PerfTest
Data Transformation Builders
Legacy Interface
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Architectural Mindset – Presentation Layer
Presentation Layer
UI Models
UI Models (Common UI artifacts, definitions)
Portlet UI Models
Portlet AdapterCooperative Portlet builders
Model Container
Page builders
Dojo buildersPage Automation buildersRDDs
UI Models …
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Architectural Mindset – Service Layer
Data Service
Data ProviderData Service Interface
Service Definition
Service Operation
SchemaInputs
Results Schema
Transform
Transform
Action List orJava (LJO)
Data Integration Builder
(DB,SAP, …)
Schema Inputs
ResultsSchema
…
Data
Internal Data Service
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Architectural Mindset – Testing Framework
• Test models in different levels: • Application• Component• Model
• Testing support of builders• Development of testing framework• Separation from actual code• Linked Java Objects
• Only use WebAppAccess at the highest level
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Architectural Mindset – Governing..Standards
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Architectural Mindset – Governing..Performance
Run •Model Actions•Session Size•Server Stats•Builder Calls
Performance Pagehttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21268497
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Design Patterns
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Design Patterns - Components
• Define Component Models• Clear Interfaces• Concurrent development• Individually tested• Shared
• Create Models as Views• Add Portlet components
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Design Patterns - Reusable
• Developing custom builders • Encapsulation• Two Types:
• Model based: visibility of internals
• Pure Java based: “black box”
• See TECH13 – “Should I write my own Builder?”
• Feature Sets: • package of builders • reusable across projects
• Easy to test: isolated development component
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Design Patterns - Profiling
• Multiple Behavior to Models• UI / Mobile / Ipad• Roles• Data Sources
• Multiple Handlers• Customizers• Set on Import
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Design Patterns – Content
Grid
Summary
Grid
Summary
Web Layout
InsertedPage
InsertedPage
<div name=“summary”>
<div name=“grid”>
</div>
</div>
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Design Patterns - Multi-Page Navigation
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Design Patterns - Common Model
Service Consumer
Common Variables
Events for each page
Note: When this model is imported into
each page you need to check the “Import once” box in the advanced section.
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Design Patterns - Controller Model
Imports Pages
Receives Events
Routes to Next Pages
Profile to Test Pages
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Design Patterns - Page Models
Imports Common
Encapsulated Functions
Fires Navigation Events
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Design Patterns
Demo
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Design Patterns – Some Links
• Leveraging the Model Container Builderhttp://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/pfwiki.nsf/dx/Leveraging_the_Model_Container_Builder
• Multi-Page Input Form http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/pfwiki.nsf/dx/Multi-Page_Input_Form
• Building a Componentized, Menu-driven Application with Model Containerhttp://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/pfwiki.nsf/dx/Building_a_Componentizedcom_Menu-driven_Application_with_Model_Container
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Developers Mindset – Perception vs Reality
Perceived as Storm Troopers
More LikeJedi Knights
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Developer’s Mindset – What are your skills?
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Developer’s Mindset – Characteristics
Developers•Are not all the same
•Tend to trust their own experiences versus the tool
•Approach WEF at different levels
•Like to have a Framework but don’t always use it
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Developer’s Mindset – WEF on your Toolbelt
• Study• WEF Internal Architecture
http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/pfwiki.nsf/dx/portlet-factory-architecture-presentation
• Page Automationhttp://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/pfwiki.nsf/dx/07182008042520PMWEBRXV.htm
• WEF Wikihttp://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/pfwiki.nsf
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Conclusion
Web Experience Factory needs people like you to bring your expertise to collaborate with like-minded developers to continue to form good design patterns. By thinking of WEF as a part of an overall architecture, it has the potential for being one of the tools in your toolset. Ultimately it’s all about building good solutions that stand up and perform. WEF can be a part of that solution.
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Thanks For Your Help
Carl Domingue ([email protected]) Peter Wilkerson ([email protected])
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We appreciate your feedback. Please don’t forget to fill out your evaluation.
Thank you for joining us!
Session # TECH-D22
Speaker(s): David Wade – [email protected]
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