I missed the following post on Perficient’s Spark Blog, but it is a good read for anybody connected to WebSphere Portal. Older versions of portal had a reputation of not working with the latest advances in user interface tools and techniques, such as responsive design, jQuery, etc. Starting with v7 and really taking off in v8, IBM has enabled WebSphere Portal to work with all the latest UI advancements.
In this post – Myths and Facts- WebSphere Portal and UI – Harish Bhavanichikar identifies four myths and provides the facts about developing the WebSphere Portal UI. Harish is a front end developer at Perficient, so he has hands on experience with creating responsive themes and integrating Javascript frameworks with Portal.
Finally, Harish provides four best practices that a front end developer needs to follow when working on the portal UI. These best practices are definitely worth the time to learn.
If you are interested in more innovative and user interface discussions, take a look at our Perficient Spark blog.
