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Liferay offers a comprehensive toolkit to extend or customize your digital experience. Build applications quickly with low-code/no-code features like Objects, or leverage developer tools like Liferay Workspace and Blade CLI for further customizations.

For users on PaaS or running Self-Hosted, Liferay also offers tools deploying customizations.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Using the Script Engine
Official Documentation
Using the Script Engine Liferay provides a robust script engine for executing Groovy scripts. You can execute scripts to perform maintenance tasks involving data cleanup, user maintenance...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Running Scripts From the Script Console
Official Documentation
Running Scripts From the Script Console The Script Console provides a single view for executing Groovy scripts and printing their output. It has predefined variables that facilitate working with...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Script Examples
Official Documentation
Script Examples Here are some examples to help you use scripts in DXP. Most of the examples originated from the Liferay blog post 5 Tips to Improve Usage of the Liferay Script Console. Example 1:...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Invoking Liferay Services From Scripts
Official Documentation
Invoking Liferay Services From Scripts Many scripting scenarios require invoking Liferay services. Liferay *ServiceUtil classes are the fastest and most convenient way to invoke Liferay services in...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:59 PM
Portal Developer Properties
Official Documentation
Portal Developer Properties There are Portal Properties that facilitate development. Liferay's portal-developer.properties file includes all of them. The portal-developer.properties file is enabled...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
7.2 Breaking Changes
Official Documentation
7.2 Breaking Changes This document presents a chronological list of changes that break existing functionality, APIs, or contracts with third party Liferay developers or users. We try our best to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
7.3 Breaking Changes
Official Documentation
7.3 Breaking Changes This document presents a chronological list of changes that break existing functionality, APIs, or contracts with third party Liferay developers or users. We try our best to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
7.4 Breaking Changes
Official Documentation
7.4 Breaking Changes Breaking changes break or significantly alter existing functionality or code structure. Here are all of the breaking changes for Liferay 7.4, starting with the latest quarterly...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Creating Form Fragments
Official Documentation
Creating Form Fragments Liferay 7.4 U45+/GA45+ The form components fragments are for building your object's forms in a content page. If Liferay's form fragments don't satisfy your use case, create...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:57 PM
Contributing to Liferay Development
Official Documentation
Contributing to Liferay Development The first thing to do in learning to fix bugs or contributing a feature is to become familiar with how to build the system. The Liferay Portal build system now...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Development
Official Documentation
Development Liferay's development platform makes developers faster and more efficient by providing a baseline set of features to build upon. Rather than start from scratch, you can start instead...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Building Applications
Official Documentation
Building Applications For maximum compatibility with all of Liferay's deployment options, you can combine Liferay's Objects, Client Extensions, and other features and tools to build real-world...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Building a Custom Ticketing System
Official Documentation
Building a Custom Ticketing System Liferay makes it easy for you to build digital solutions. For example, you can create a custom ticketing application with the styling and features needed for your...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Defining a Custom Data Schema
Official Documentation
Defining a Custom Data Schema The ticketing application requires custom data fields and selections. You use Liferay objects and picklists to define a custom data schema. Creating Custom Picklists...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Applying a Custom Theme
Official Documentation
Applying a Custom Theme You can use different front-end client extensions to customize the look and feel of your site. Specifically, theme CSS type client extension can be used as an alternative to...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Deploying a Custom Application
Official Documentation
Deploying a Custom Application You can use a custom element client extension to render a JavaScript application as a widget on a Liferay site page. The application is served by Liferay and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Implementing a Documentation Referral System
Official Documentation
Implementing a Documentation Referral System The ticketing system can be further enhanced with a documentation referral system. The system searches automatically for relevant documentation based on...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM
Using Object Data with React Charts
Official Documentation
Using Object Data with React Charts Here you'll use Objects, Headless APIs, and custom element remote applications to create a dynamic chart for data dashboards. First, you'll set up a new DXP...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Client Extensions
Official Documentation
Client Extensions Liferay Self-Hosted Liferay SaaS Liferay PaaS Liferay 7.4 When you want to extend Liferay, either by modifying its look and feel or by calling functions outside of Liferay, you...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Ticket Management with Cron Jobs
Official Documentation
Ticket Management with Cron Jobs Use Cron jobs to automate managing tickets. For example, have a job to run at a regular schedule to delete any tickets that have a resolution type of duplicate or...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:52 PM