Re: Building Intranet with Java & Opensource

[Ron Cordell <roncordell@attbi.com>]

On Monday 01 April 2002 08:39 am, Robert Persaud wrote:
> Hi yall,
>
>   To help expedite the learning curve for a novice like myself, does anyone
> know of any good references on how to build a basic intranet from scratch
> using java technology and open source projects like apache?
>
> I'm interning, and I haven't fully convinced my company that java is the
> way to go in terms of building an intranet. Using search engines have been
> relatively helpful in finding me generic resources, but I need books,
> magazines, or even potential seminars that show more specifically how an
> intranet may potentially be better implemented using java as opposed to
> other technologies.
>
> For those who are interested in what I'm saying, keep in mind, that java
> would be a totally new thing for this company. But since getting a taste
> for it in academia, I think its the best thing to happen to software
> development. So I need my company to feel the same way, so that the whole
> world benefits :)
>
> Therefore, any hints, advices, points of references, or responses to this
> message is appreciated in advanced.

Not to try to discourage you, or to dissaude you in any way. However, I would 
like to point out that the primary concern for any system of this kind is the 
users, not the technological infrastructure. The technology must support the 
needs of the users of the system. So, to re-phrase your question: what java 
resources are available that allows the people in my company to use the new 
intranet in a way that does not require them to use new resources and 
technologies?

What are the business processes that the intranet will support? How will the 
users of the intranet interact with the system to do work? More importantly, 
how will the users submit content to the intranet? What tools do they 
currently use, and how will they fit into this technology?

-ronc