Getting Started with JSR 168

I'm doing some research on the JSR 168 portlet standard, and I found a pretty good walkthrough on how to get the environment up and running.

The post links to a lot of good resources, but takes you through some unnecessary steps: you don't have to install Maven in step 3 or go through steps 5-9 unless you want to try out a sample portlet before you start building your own.

One other quick tip:  when installing the Java Application Platform SDK Update 2 with Tools, you need to run in Windows 2000 compatibility mode if you're running Vista.  Otherwise you get a mysterious error about not being able to run in graphical mode.  I had a lot of trouble getting it installed until I tracked down this thread.