Summary

The community has built Sakai around stable and standard technologies with architecture that cleanly divides responsibilities into different layers. The core Java frameworks include Spring, Hibernate, and JSF/JSP widgets.

As the number of services in Sakai increases, so do the possibilities for new functionality.

With the use of load balancing, Sakai has proven to scale to a user base of more than 160,000 and counting. Sakai is fully web service enabled, has numerous hooks for data integration, and plays well in a modern enterprise environment.

Looking ahead, the next chapter describes how to create and manage your first site. The main tools used in a site are also mentioned, with particular focus on the tools of immediate value.