Liferay 6 has 2 very nice features, probably not well documented yet. It is support for Workflows and Reports. Here I want to discuss some major details about these features, since there are no too much info about them. Support for Workflows How it works from developer side: Liferay has set of general interfaces, implemnted working with workflows (look at the package...
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I already have several projects based on Liferay 6 branch, some of them based on 6.0.1, some on 6.0.2. Few days ago first GA version of Liferay 6 was released so, it's time to move project forward. Today was first - based on 6.0.1. Here is some notes for developers, to know what expect from such migration: Database upgraded without any problems. Looks like error in ...
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Vaadin is a new word in Liferay world, it looks very promised, but, as always, not so much documentation and tutorials. Some of tutorials too complex, some not covered some (even simple) questions. Here I want to explain for Liferay developers already used Plugins SDK (and have experience in Liferay Portlets development) how to write simple Vaadin portlet and access Portlet and Liferay...
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Today I killed 2 hours of my life for very studip problem. I just got new notebook (IBM Thnkpad T400) with 4Gb, so, to be able to use whole memory, installed Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit. Then installed mysql-server, sun java, eclipse, some other staff and started to work. mysql nd sun java was installed via apt with standard settings. Created DB, successfully connected via MySQL Admin and...
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Yesterday I've read announce of new version of Spring-Roo 1.1.0M1 and found there at least 2 very interesting features: GWT & GAE support. So, today I spent some time to play with it - and here is short instructions how to make PetClinic application in less then 30 minutes (depends from your connection speed). Prepequirements You will need to have JDK 1.6 and Apache Maven ...
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