DRAG AND DROP PORTLET DEPLOYMENT

摘要

Deploying portlet(s) onto a displayed portal page by dragging and dropping portlet related artifacts from the IDE like portlet deployment descriptor node or a specific portlet node, and, responsively displaying the portlet(s), corresponding to the dropped node, in the displayed portal page. The updating of the portal page is accomplished by an internal IDE browser of a stand-alone type IDE working co-operatively with a remote portal server.

主权项

1. A computer system comprising:
a processor(s) set; a machine readable storage device; and computer code stored on the machine readable storage device, with the computer code including instructions for causing the processor(s) set to perform operations including the following:
opening, by a first computer, an IDE (integrated development environment) browser,opening a first portal page in the IDE browser,displaying a first display including a first portlet item and the IDE browser, with the IDE portion of the display including the first portal page,responsive to user input, dragging the first portlet item to the first portal page as shown in the first display,displaying a second display including the first portlet item and the IDE browser, with the IDE portion of the display including the first portal page, so that the first portlet item is shown within an area of the second display corresponding to the first portal page,responsive to user input, dropping the first portlet item into the first portal page as shown in the second display,responsive to the dropping of the first portlet item, opening the first portlet item in the first portal page,sending, to a second computer over a communication network, open-portlet data, which open-portlet data indicating deployment of the portlet item, andreceiving, by the first computer over a communication network from the second computer, data corresponding to a display of an updated portal page which is updated to include a display of the portlet item,wherein the first portal page is one of the following: a portlet project or a portlet node.