Enabling Developer Mode in IBM WebSphere Portal 7

Hello Friends,

The server start up time can be reduced to half when you enable developer mode in websphere portal 7.When portlet application application is developed on your local box it is very annoying to wait for server startup taking 15 to 20 minutes. IBM WebSphere portal version 7 facilitates a developer to start the server in a Developer mode.

This setting will disable non-essential applications from started when the server starts.  In the event that one of these applications are required after the server has started WebSphere will lazy load the application.  From the end users view this means that the first time someone tries to render a portlet they could receive a portlet unavailable message.  In the background the application will be started and the next time the user renders the portlet the application will be available.  Without a lot of custom applications, enabling developer mode can improve the startup time by about 50%.

Here are the steps to enable developer mode:

1.      Stop the server
2.      Go to <portalserver_root>\wp_profile\ConfigEngine
3.      Execute the following command
a.       ConfigEngine.bat enable-develop-mode-startup-performance
4.      Start the server


Steps to disable Developer Mode

1.      Stop the server
2.      Go to  <portalserver_root>\wp_profile\ConfigEngine
3.      Execute the following command
a.       ConfigEngine.bat disable-develop-mode-startup-performance
4.      Start the server

Trust me, as a developer you will save a lot of time!

Thanks,

Chirag.