Oracle Application Server Portal Handbook

OracleAS Portal Administration: The Export/Import Transport Set Portlet

Because OracleAS Portal gives instant feedback (as soon as you make a change to a page, any user who references that page sees the new result immediately), it’s tempting to have just one OracleAS Portal environment: end users can log in and see the pages they’re interested in, and developers can log in and use the page design or development wizard pages to make enhancements and modifications. For small portals, this scenario can work, but for medium to large-sized portals, this situation is a recipe for disaster. What happens when a developer makes a mistake on a page? All end users immediately see that mistake. Also, there is no testing mechanism in place in this scenario. ...