Words to the wise, "terry433iid@yahoo.com" <terry433iid@yahoo.com>
wrote:

You should also be able to use "IntelliJ"
(http://www.jetbrains.com/idea/), as it is written in Java (we are
using it on both Windows and Linux).

The VisualWebPack for Netbeans is very good, for it supports the
Woodstock JSF component set directly, which - to me at least, is the
way to go.

But it depends on what your focus is.
What functionality should your portal have?

In case you do not already know, try "core servlets", and the JSF
tutorial the author offers on the website, it is very good.
--
Claus Dragon <clauskick@mpsahotmail.com>
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"Coffee is a mocker. So, I am going to mock."

- Me, lately.

that's what Sun wants you to believe...

Fact is you don't need any IDE at all to write Java programs, and you don't
need to write them on the platform you deploy them on either.
There are also many other editors and IDEs that will work on Solaris. As
said already, IntelliJ is likely to work and well worth the money.
Eclipse probably won't work (IBM product...), but others may.

Myself, I develop on Windows and Linux using IntelliJ (and occasionally
Eclipse) and VI, deploy on Linux, Windows, and Solaris.