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| Download the Evaluation Guide for 8.1 SP3 - Windows Version | |
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| Download or browse the WebLogic Platform Evaluation Guide for 8.1 GA. |
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| Note: Before beginning the Evaluation Guide, please refer to Appendix C of the PDF document for complete installation instructions. |
This easy-to-use guide provides a comprehensive, hands-on introduction to the BEA WebLogic Platform 8.1. Depending on your areas of interest, you can explore one or more of the following topics, in any order you choose:
- Chapter 1: Application Development Solutions - Covers core application development tasks such as building custom business logic, dynamic Web applications, and enterprise-class Web services. The emphasis of this section is on building applications with BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 and BEA WebLogic Server 8.1.
- Chapter 2: Integration Solutions - Covers core application integration tasks such connecting to enterprise resources, performing complex data transformations, modeling end-to-end business processes, performing message-based interactions and communicating reliably with trading partners. The emphasis of this section is on BEA WebLogic Integration 8.1 and BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1.
- Chapter 3: Portal Solutions - Covers core portal development, assembly, and management tasks such as development of custom portal resources, assembly of portals, configuration of interaction management, and management of portal resources. The emphasis of this section is on BEA WebLogic Portal 8.1 and BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1.
- Spotlight on Liquid Data - Covers data integration tasks such as accessing distributed information in a single-step through Liquid Data queries and consuming the results seamlessly in business processes and Web applications. The emphasis of this section is on BEA Liquid Data for WebLogic.
The Evaluation Guide includes everything you need to get started with developing and testing applications within minutes! If you have any questions, or should you wish to discuss the Evaluation Guide, please visit the dedicated newsgroup at weblogic.developer.interest.evalguide. We look forward to hearing from you.
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