Common Solutions Group • Duke University • Jan 2001

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• Dynamic suite of web applications– Powerful, Extensible, Low-cost– Secure, Personalized, Customizable– ADA Compliant

• Target audience is undergraduates– Current students now– Prospective students this year– Expanded audiences will follow

Common Solutions Group • Duke University • Jan 2001

Applications

• Bulletins• Kudos• News Headlines• Classified Ads• Bookmarks• IMAP e-mail• LDAP directory• Planner• Help• Feedback

Common Solutions Group • Duke University • Jan 2001

Driving Forces

• designed to supplement, not replace,other Web environments

• provide personal web-based services– appealing to users– appropriate to users role(s)– customized institutional information– community building

Common Solutions Group • Duke University • Jan 2001

Servers & Services

Web Server

App Server

Web Server

imap ldapkerberos

Web ServerWeb Server

App Server

App Server

App Server

Oracle

Oracle

billing groups

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Portable Bookmarks

• Provides a “portable bookmark” service

• An Oracle database of bookmarks

Common Solutions Group • Duke University • Jan 2001

<title>

<title> <title>

<content>

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Common Solutions Group • Duke University • Jan 2001

Code !

<WEBOBJECT NAME=HelpString></WEBOBJECT>

HelpString: WOString { value = helpText; escapeHTML = NO;}

XXXX.HTML file:

XXXX.WOD file:

public String helpText() { return helpFor(currentPanel());}

XXXX.JAVA file:

Common Solutions Group • Duke University • Jan 2001

Personal Calendar

• Oracle database of personal events and reminders

• Incorporates student class schedule from data warehouse

Common Solutions Group • Duke University • Jan 2001

E-Mail

• Accesses campus IMAP servers

• A WebObjects ‘skin’ over Sun’s JavaMail class library

• “proxy” Kerberos access to IMAP

Common Solutions Group • Duke University • Jan 2001

“pastry”

browser web app mail

ticket cookie donut

Common Solutions Group • Duke University • Jan 2001

Advantages

• HTML / Java / db access not mixed• Adapters to several relational dbs • Scalable deployment• Java based development

– many libraries of useful classes

• Cross platform– Mac OS X Server and NT development– Solaris deployment

Common Solutions Group • Duke University • Jan 2001

Challenges

• Understanding object-oriented approach to design and development

• Learning the depth and power of the class libraries provided, especially the Enterprise Objects for data access

• Deployment environment slightly flaky– this is the main reason for v4.51!

Common Solutions Group • Duke University • Jan 2001

Next Steps

• Make it easier to add a “service”

• Allow JA-SIG “channels” to be used

• Explore integration with PeopleSoft