Justin Tilton uPortal Framework and User Interface Demonstration

Overview What makes this Framework different –It’s Changing the web development paradigm –Benefits programmers and designers –Flexible structural design –Standardization of presentation –Powerful for nomadic users –Support for new devices –Lower total cost of ownership

New web development paradigm Static sites – HTML Dynamic sites – ASP, JSP Transformed sites – XML, XSL, JAVA –Separate business logic & presentation –Reusable designs –Consistency

Benefits to programmers and designers Division of expertise Collaboration of experts Max reuse, min development Diverse learning environment

Flexible structural design Structure stylesheet Theme stylesheet Channel stylesheets Supports multiple devices Supports multiple markup languages

Structure Stylesheet Tab/Column/Row - VES Tab/Column - JASIG Tree/Column - JASIG XSLT Processor User XML Structure Stylesheet

Theme Stylesheet HTML Browser HTML PDA WML – Mobile Phone XSLT Processor Structure XML Theme Stylesheet

Channel Stylesheets Channel XML and Stylesheets Output Stream to Device Final Output

Standardization of presentation Consistency in look and feel Consistency in navigation A localized UI element repository Powerful user customization

UI element repository

User personalization

Powerful for nomadic users Separates logic from presentation Multiple target device support Virtual environment – central storage –Events, calendars, addresses, files

Multiple Target Devices

New devices, new languages Framework has the future in mind XML, XSLT and software engineering Add a new device, add a stylesheet Add a new markup language…

New devices

Lower total cost of ownership Framework encourages good design Focuses on best use of expertise Reduces time to market Increases quality of product Facilitates technology transfer Creates re-usable objects Accommodates change

Conclusion It’s Changing the web development paradigm Benefits programmers and designers Flexible structural design Standardization of presentation Powerful for nomadic users New devices, new languages, it’s covered! Lower total cost of ownership