Mastering Liferay Workspaces and Tooling

Course Overview

Getting Started with Clarity

Founded in 2010, Clarity Vision Solutions is an eyewear manufacturer that has experienced tremendous growth and success in a very short period of time. What started as a small business has grown into an organization with a Global footprint. One of the biggest contributors to their success has been their early investment in digital commerce. With more than 500 employees and upwards of 300 million dollars in revenue, Clarity is ready for the next stage of its strategy—working with international distributors to expand their offering via a strong partner network.

Upon selecting Liferay as their platform, Clarity opted to work with Liferay experts to get the best possible solution in the shortest time possible. This strategy proved successful, resulting in the timely delivery of a public website they can use as the foundation for their long-term solutions. While Clarity recognizes the value of Liferay experts, their long-term strategy requires building an in-house team that can support, maintain, and grow the Clarity Solution.

Critical Success Factors

Clarity has successfully launched their flagship public website, and several other initiatives are underway. To ensure the success of their hand-off, Clarity's leadership has identified several critical success factors.

  • Provide broad technology support to expand talent pool: Recruiting top talent is a challenge for many organizations, especially when specialized technologies are involved. Liferay's platform mitigates this by supporting a wide array of technologies, empowering developers to build diverse applications and enabling Clarity to assemble a versatile team with both front-end and back-end expertise.

  • Ensure consistent output with standards based development: Developers often have varying coding styles, which can lead to inconsistencies and difficulties in maintaining projects as teams grow. Liferay's tooling addresses this by providing standardized code structures and naming conventions, ensuring consistency and simplifying knowledge transfer among team members. This approach streamlines development, reduces maintenance overhead, and promotes efficient collaboration.

  • Leverage toolkits and templates to simplify development: Liferay's tooling provides scaffolding for plugins and extensions to accelerate development and reduce coding. This enables developers to leverage OSGI modules and client extensions without requiring months of in-depth study to understand how they work.

  • Leverage flexible tooling to remain agile: Organizations are naturally hesitant to adopt rigid systems that could hinder future growth and innovation. Liferay’s flexible tools avoid this by supporting a variety of technologies and deployment models (Self-Hosted, PaaS, and SaaS). This adaptability empowers businesses to shift their direction as needed without having to learn a whole new suite of products and tools.

Conclusion

Partnering with Liferay empowers Clarity's team to future-proof their solutions and satisfy the needs of their business stakeholders. Now that you’ve learned about Clarity and how Liferay can help them overcome their obstacles, you'll set up your system for the following exercises.

  • Critical Success Factors

  • Conclusion

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