GateIn Portal for Master Thesis Implementation

[ghatinox]

Hi

    Im currently working on a master thesis project related to the management of recruitment process, and im looking for a platform to develop the implementation of the thesis for a possible presentation

    Mainly i want a platform where i can build a "social-network" and have different type of users in this case:

• Candidates
• Company

   Each type will have access to different tools and applicattions.

   I would like to know from experts how flexible is the GateIn Portal in the following areas:

• Look and Feel - Is it easy to create our own stylesheets and generate custom HTML?
• Application Development and Integration - Is there any kind of limitation in the application development or integration?
• Communication with Web Services - Is there any limitation when using or exposing web services?

  I dont have any experience with the platform yet, and i'm just gathering information on the available tools i can use.

  I'm currently working with a product that i believe is similar to GateIN wich is SAP Enterprise Portal. What are the main differences between this two products?

Thanks for any help

[antoine_h]

Hi,

global point of view : GateIn is based on JBoss, so it is much more general than the SAP portal.

It is better for any use case (general and wide type of use case), with less specific thing made specifically for SAP.

SAP portal is made for use with the SAP system.

GateIn is more open than SAP.

after that said, ... both are excellent portals.

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about your specific questions :

• Look and Feel - Is it easy to create our own stylesheets and generate custom HTML?

Yes.

But be aware that some PHP plateforms (there are many of them), and some CMS tools/plateforms (there are many of them too), are most of the time much more simple and easy for "building quilckly some web site, some html pages etc..." than a portal platform.

You don't need a portal platform to build some portals (the concept of it).

Some brands like amazon do not use a Portal platform for their portals.

Using a Portal and specifically a J2EE Portal with the JSR286 is not really the simplest tool.

It is robust, made for big project for big portals, with a reliable JBoss AS under for building and running a solid system.

But certainly not the most easy tool for making your HTML pages.

• Application Development and Integration - Is there any kind of limitation in the application development or integration?

No.

None at all.

That's the advatage of J2EE (big) platforms.

• Communication with Web Services - Is there any limitation when using or exposing web services?

No.

None at all.

That's the advatage of J2EE platforms.

Hope it helps for your choice.

Antoine

JBoss Portal and GateIn (JSR-286), JSF, Richfaces, J2EE, Drools, BRMS.