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Development and Tooling

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.

カテゴリ
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Default Bundler Loaders
Default Bundler Loaders The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/Portal GA129, and it's planned for future removal. Several loaders are available for the liferay-npm-bundler by...
Changes Between Bundler 1.x and 2.x
Changes Between Bundler 1.x and 2.x The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/Portal GA129, and it's planned for future removal. This article outlines the key changes between...
How the Bundler Publishes npm Packages
How the Bundler Publishes npm Packages The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/Portal GA129, and it's planned for future removal. When you deploy an OSGi bundle with the...
OSGi Bundles and npm Package Structure
OSGi Bundles and npm Package Structure The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/Portal GA129, and it's planned for future removal. To deploy JavaScript modules, you must create an...
How JavaScript Modules are Formatted for AMD
How JavaScript Modules are Formatted for AMD The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/Portal GA129, and it's planned for future removal. Liferay AMD Loader is based on the AMD...
Understanding the Liferay npm Bundler Loader
Understanding the Liferay npm Bundler Loader The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/Portal GA129, and it's planned for future removal. liferay-npm-bundler's mechanism is...
Understanding the npmbundlerrc Structure
Understanding the npmbundlerrc Structure The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/Portal GA129, and it's planned for future removal. The liferay-npm-bundler is configured via a...
Understanding Bundler Configuration Presets
Understanding Bundler Configuration Presets The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/Portal GA129, and it's planned for future removal. The liferay-npm-bundler comes with a...
Liferay npm Bundler
Liferay npm Bundler The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/Portal GA129, and it's planned for future removal. The liferay-npm-bundler is a bundler (like Webpack or Browserify)...
Poshi Test Automation
Poshi Test Automation Poshi is a test automation framework that is simple, easy to understand, and does not require prior development experience to get started. Poshi tests can be written to...
Setup
Setup Prerequisites A supported version of Java. Google Chrome. Gradle or Gradle Wrapper 6.6.1 or higher. Setting up the Poshi Standalone Gradle Project Create a new directory, example...
Creating a Macro File
Creating a Macro File Test Scenario Write your first macro file using the test scenario below: You would like to test that your name does not appear on any learn.liferay.com article. The steps you...
Creating A Path File
Creating A Path File Test Scenario Write your first path file using the test scenario below: You would like to test that your name does not appear on any learn.liferay.com article. The steps you...
Running a Test
Running a Test Open the poshi-ext.properties file on your poshi-standalone directory and add the following line, replacing the TestCaseFileName#TestCaseName with the one you created in Creating A...
Creating the Testcase File
Creating the Testcase File Test Scenario Write your first testcase file using the test scenario below: You would like to test that your name does not appear on any learn.liferay.com article. The...
Syntax Validation
Syntax Validation The Poshi Standalone grade projects includes a validation task that can be used to check your code for syntax errors before running your test. To use this, simply run ./gradlew...
Getting Started
Getting Started Previously, Poshi tests could only be executed by downloading and creating the test files within the Liferay source code. The Poshi Standalone gradle project enables you to use...
Understanding Test Results and Debugging Tests
Understanding Test Results and Debugging Tests Poshi tests are run on the terminal or command line. When a test run is completed there are multiple ways to view the test results and diagnose test...
Macros
Macros A macro is a set of functions that perform a task. Macros are where locators (paths) and functions are brought together to script interactions that a user performs on the system being...
Testcases
Testcases A testcase file in Poshi is a collection of test scenarios grouped in blocks of code called test blocks. The three main test blocks: setUp, test, and tearDown, are made up of multiple...
Poshi Basics
Poshi Basics New features, improvements, and system upgrades can sometimes introduce unexpected behaviors and bugs. Running suites of automated tests is an advantageous method of identifying issues...
Poshi Layers
Poshi Layers
Paths
Paths A path is an element on a page that a test will interact with. An element can be a button, text field, link, image, paragraph, or just about anything you would need to assert, click, or type...
Poshi Advantages
Poshi Advantages Simplified Syntax To make it easier for less technical testers to read and write test automation, Poshi uses a simplified Groovy-like script syntax. It is less wordy than most...
Functions
Functions In Poshi, Functions handle extra WebDriver commands that an element might require to interact with a page object or element. Functions combine the basic methods defined in the...
Using Variables
Using Variables Though not a Poshi layer, variables are a large part of Poshi tests. Variables, like in other programming languages, are used to store data which can be referenced and reused in...
Poshi Resources
Poshi Resources To give Poshi test writers easy access to commonly used functions or other files, Poshi resources were created to store existing Poshi files as dependencies that can be loaded apart...
Configuration
Configuration In order to give test writers easy access to commonly used functions, paths, or macros, Poshi resources were created to store existing Poshi files as dependencies. These resources can...
Using Poshi Resources
Using Poshi Resources Once the Poshi resources jar file is loaded onto your Poshi project, you are now able to use Liferay's commonly used functions, paths, and macros. To distinguish between files...
Reference
Reference Node Version Information
Node Version Information
Node Version Information Liferay DXP uses Node (and NPM) for many different frontend components. Specifically, the Liferay Theme Generator and Liferay's JavaScript application tools require the use...
Traditional Java-Based Development
Traditional Java-Based Development Liferay is a complex open-source platform built on several key technologies and architectural principles. Liferay is written mostly in Java and built on the OSGi...
Using the Bootstrap 3 Compatibility Layer in Liferay 7.4
Using the Bootstrap 3 Compatibility Layer in Liferay 7.4 As of Liferay DXP 7.4 GA1, the Bootstrap 3 compatibility layer is removed from the built-in packages in Liferay frontend applications. If...
Completely Custom Configuration
Completely Custom Configuration A configuration UI is generated automatically when you create a configuration interface. But in some cases you want a completely custom UI for your configuration....
Categorizing a Configuration
Categorizing a Configuration When you register a configuration interface, the UI for your application is generated in System Settings → Platform → Third Party. If you prefer a different section and...
Configuration Framework
Configuration Framework Setting and Accessing Configurations Categorizing a Configuration Scoping Configurations Portlet Level Configuration Configuration Form Renderer DDM Form Annotations ...
Configuration Form Renderer
Configuration Form Renderer When you create a configuration interface, a configuration UI is automatically generated. But in some cases you want customize the look and feel of the UI. For example,...
Configuration Model Listener Reference
Configuration Model Listener Reference Use model listeners in your own configurations to listen for events and execute code in response. Creating a model listener requires only three steps: ...
DDM Form Annotations
DDM Form Annotations The auto-generated configuration interface UI may be too simplistic for some configurations. You can use the Dynamic Data Mapping (DDM) form annotations to customize your...
Field Options Provider
Field Options Provider You can populate a drop-down list manually in the @Meta.AD annotation of the configuration interface. But you can also populate the option labels and values automatically...
Portlet Level Configuration
Portlet Level Configuration With the configuration framework, you can set your application's configuration for different levels of scope. Where Instance and Site-scoped configurations use...
Core Frameworks
Core Frameworks
Hiding the Configuration UI
Hiding the Configuration UI Liferay generates a configuration UI automatically after a configuration interface deploys. But you may have certain use cases where you want to hide the UI. For...
Scoping Configurations
Scoping Configurations In Liferay DXP, you can set an application's configuration to different levels of scope: System, Instance, Site, or Portlet. For example, if you create an application to have...
Setting and Accessing Configurations
Setting and Accessing Configurations You can use Liferay's configuration framework to add a settings UI for a MVC Portlet. See the Example Portlet Then, follow these steps: Download and unzip...
Dependency Injection
Dependency Injection
Listening for Messages
Listening for Messages You can listen for messages sent to any registered Message Bus destination, whether it's built-in to DXP/Portal, defined by third-parties, or created by you. Messages sent to...
Message Bus
Message Bus The Message Bus provides a loosely coupled way to exchange messages. A class sending a message invokes the Message Bus to send the message to a destination, while other classes...
Tuning Messaging Performance
Tuning Messaging Performance Liferay DXP 2023.Q3/Portal GA92 and Below Messaging performance is tuned at the destinations. Performance depends on the destination type, the amount of processing the...
Logs
Logs The OSGi Log Service Extender enables bundles to provide OSGi logging configuration using embedded properties files META-INF/osgi-logging.properties or META-INF/osgi-logging-ext.properties....
Listening for Registration Events
Listening for Registration Events Liferay DXP 2023.Q3/Portal GA92 and Below The messaging API supports listening for destination and message listener registration events. Here are some reasons to...
Using Asynchronous Messaging
Using Asynchronous Messaging Message Bus's asynchronous option provides fire and forget behavior; send a message and continue processing without waiting for a response. An asynchronous message is...
Using Default Synchronous Messaging in Previous Versions
Using Default Synchronous Messaging in Previous Versions Liferay DXP 7.4 U48/Portal GA49 and Below In default synchronous messaging, the sender blocks while a Message Bus thread dispatches the...
Portlets
Portlets Liferay DXP started off as a portal server for Java-based web applications called portlets (see JSR 168, JSR-286, and JSR-362). Portlets process requests and generate responses like any...
Using Direct Synchronous Messaging in Previous Versions
Using Direct Synchronous Messaging in Previous Versions Liferay DXP 7.4 U48/Portal GA49 and Below Direct synchronous messaging is the easiest way to block processing until all listeners receive a...
Portlet 3.0 API Opt In
Portlet 3.0 API Opt In A portlet must specify version 3.0 to opt in to the Portlet 3.0 API. The 3.0 Portlet API version can be specified in the following ways. Standard Portlet @PortletApplication...
Portlet Descriptor to OSGi Service Property Map
Portlet Descriptor to OSGi Service Property Map Here's a map of portlet XML descriptor values to OSGi service properties for publishing OSGi Portlets. The properties centralize and simplify portlet...
Enabling Assets
Enabling Assets Many of Liferay's applications (e.g. Blogs, Documents and Media, Message Boards, etc.) are asset-enabled out of the box. You can publish assets with the Asset Publisher widget or...
Asset Framework
Asset Framework The asset framework is behind many of Liferay's most powerful features. It provides tools for displaying and interacting with any type of content and data. For example, if you build...
Cache
Cache