This guide provides a starting point for portal development projects. It introduces portals and portal use cases at a high level, describes how to pick the best development approach, and discusses the kinds of development tasks you'll need to plan for.
This document is intended for developers, application specialists, and advanced knowledge workers who plan and build portals. For a complete description of these roles, and other WebCenter Portal personas, refer to Section 1.6, "Building Your Portal Team: Who's Who?."
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For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle WebCenter Portal documentation set:
Oracle Fusion Middleware Building Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal
Oracle Fusion Middleware Administering Oracle WebCenter Portal
Oracle Fusion Middleware Developing Portals with Oracle WebCenter Portal and Oracle JDeveloper
Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle WebCenter Portal
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