Do we need any prior knowledge of java for learning websphere administration...?

Question

Hi, Do we need any prior knowledge of java for learning websphere administration...?If required what and all we should know in java before entering to websphere administration..?your comments are valueble

thanks, sivaram

Answer 1

For websphere administration, no. A little Java is needed to understand making JSP pages; you'll need more if you're going to actually implement servlets etc.

IBM has a fair load of material on administering Websphere.

Answer 2

I agree with Charlie Martin, you don't really need intimate Java knowledge to admin a WebSphere (or other) application server.

But I find it really helps to understand the architecture and concepts of J2EE. Especially when talking to developers... which isn't really avoidable ;-)

I found this site quite good to wrap my head around the concepts:

Free Online Course by Sang Shin (Java Technology Evangelist) http://www.javapassion.com/j2ee/

In any case learn what a servlet and a jsp is, and how they relate. The concepts of ejbs is import too as is the JNDI namespace which you use that to connect the applications to your databases. Learn how the applications are packages (war-, ear-file etc). Don't bother too much with the details, you can still fill in later on.

For WebSphere you can read some of the high level introduction material in the IBM Redbooks. There are descriptions of the architecture of WebSphere and of J2EE, so that may be a good starting point to.

In case of WebSphere and WebLogic it's good to know a little Python/Jython, cause that's the primary scripting language for the servers. Depending on your needs, you won't need that too often, but it can take away a lot of work.

A lot can be automated with Ant, too. That's a kind of replacement for make. It uses XML-Files and is easy to use.

Answer 3

Charlie Martin I agree because it's not really that hard

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Knowledge of Java/related technologies is required to be a GOOD Websphere admin.

Answer 6

This is not going to be the answer you're looking for. Despite, you should AVOID websphere at ALL COST! It is by far, the worst, lousiest, slowest, crappiest, most unstable, most obfuscating, most productivenes-killing piece of shit ever built in software land. Sorry if this offends you but read the internet! Especially the developer's opinions! Not 1 good word! Of course the marketing guru's will state differently but use it for some time and you'll see! Use it together with RAD and you'll want to migrate to .NET instantaneously. Having to use Web'sFear makes me go to work every day with NO pleasure at all. I hate it. I have lost 2 weeks now in doing simple tasks in JAVA because RAD in combination with Webs'Fear never works and behaves weird and bad and uncontrollably every time I deploy. So whenever I make program changes I want to test, something goes wrong in publishing to the server...; Tooootal crap! If I were multi-millionair with lots of time I would make it my life's work to force IBM to stop developing it and to destroy all instances of it around! Yes it is that bad. Sorry.

Kind regards Lorenzo