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Liferay Portal Systems Development

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Liferay Portal Systems Development

Overview of this book

Liferay portal is one of the most mature portal frameworks in the market, offering many key business benefits that involve personalization, customization, content management systems, web content management, collaboration, social networking and workflow. If you are a Java developer who wants to build custom web sites and WAP sites using Liferay portal, this book is all you need. Liferay Portal Systems Development shows Java developers how to use Liferay kernel 6.1 and above as a framework to develop custom web and WAP systems which will help you to maximize your productivity gains. Get ready for a rich, friendly, intuitive, and collaborative end-user experience! The clear, practical examples in the sample application that runs throughout this book will enable professional Java developers to build custom web sites, portals, and mobile applications using Liferay portal as a framework. You will learn how to make all of your organization's data and web content easily accessible by customizing Liferay into a single point of access. The book will also show you how to improve your inter-company communication by enhancing your web and WAP sites to easily share content with colleagues.

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Jan, 2012 | 546 pages
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Liferay Portal Systems Development
Liferay Portal Systems Development
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgement
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay Enterprise Portal
Liferay functionalities
Framework and architecture
Terminologies
Systems development
An example: Knowledge base management
More useful information
Summary
2
Service-Builder and Development Environment
Service-Builder and Development Environment
Plugins SDK development environment
Portal and plugins structure
Service-Builder
Default data population
Default project creation and templates
Fast development
Summary
3
Generic MVC Portlets
Generic MVC Portlets
Plugin portlet project
Basic MVC portlet
Advanced MVC portlet
Rebuilding services
Dynamic query API
Custom query
Security and permissions
Summary
4
Ext Plugin and Hooks
Ext Plugin and Hooks
Ext plugin
Deploy processes
Class loader proxy
Hooks
Summary
5
Enterprise Content Management
Enterprise Content Management
Image management
Document management
Records management
Summary
6
DDL and WCM
DDL and WCM
Web content management
WYSIWYG editor
Expando custom attribute
Dynamic data lists and dynamic data mapping
Asset, tagging, and categorization
Summary
7
Collaborative and Social API
Collaborative and Social API
Collaboration
Asset management
Assets collaboration
Social identity repository
Summary
8
Staging, Scheduling, Publishing, and Cache Clustering
Staging, Scheduling, Publishing, and Cache Clustering
The pattern: Portal-Group-Page-Content
LAR export and import
Local staging and publishing
Remote staging and publishing
Scheduling and messaging
Cache clustering
Summary
9
Indexing, Search, and Workflow
Indexing, Search, and Workflow
Webs plugins
Indexing and search
Workflow
Summary
10
Mobile Devices and Portlet Bridges
Mobile Devices and Portlet Bridges
Layout template plugins
Theme plugins
Portlet bridges
Struts 2 portlet
JSF 2 portlet
Spring 3 MVC portlet
Summary

About the Reviewers

Piotr Filipowicz is a technical architect and software developer with eo Networks S.A., Poland. He is an expert in Content Management Systems (CMS). He currently holds the position of a team leader in a group tasked with developing Liferay-based software. His accomplishments in enhancing and creating various Liferay components are evident in the number of successful implementations. His experience and knowledge are supported by certifications as a Liferay Portal Administrator, Sun Certified Web Component Developer for the Java Platform, Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform.

Since 2002 he has created various kinds of IT systems, from desktop applications through CMS applications supporting large banking and financial systems. His main interest lies in web applications. He uses Java and J2EE technologies on a daily basis, but his mind is open to other technologies and solutions. He holds a Master's in Software Systems from Politechnika Białostocka, Poland.

Christianto Sahat Kurniawan is a software engineer who has been using Java as his programming language since 2001, and using Liferay since 2007. After having experience implementing Liferay for a big global bank and few other companies while working in Singapore and Germany, he decided to start a company focusing on enterprise portal development and training. You can read his blog at www.javaenterpriseportal.com.

I would like to thank the Liferay team, especially Jorge Ferrer, Olaf Kock, Amos Fong, and Ray Augé, who have contributed a lot in answering questions on Liferay's forum. And for the rest of Liferay team who have created a great open source software.

Szymon V. Gołębiewski is the Chief of Competence Center for Portals at eo Networks S.A.— a Poland-based company noted in Deloitte Technology Fast 50.

In his work, Szymon and his team focus on using Liferay as a tool for bringing best solutions for the company's clients. His team is responsible for commencing usability tests, preparing in-depth analysis of customer needs and delivering stable tools for company developers. One of his competences is managing product cycle of Liferay inside his company with all custom-made plugins and portlets. His vast knowledge of internet and usability standards gives him a useful advantage, when participating in Liferay programs like 100 PaperCuts program, Community Leadership, BugSquad.

His commitment to Liferay community development has resulted in participating at the East Coast Symposium 2011 as a speaker.

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