Capability

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.

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
Poshi Advantages
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Poshi Basics
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Syntax Validation
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Understanding Test Results and Debugging Tests
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Poshi Layers
Official Documentation
Poshi Layers
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Macros
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Paths
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Functions
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Testcases
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Using Variables
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Reference
Official Documentation
Reference Node Version Information
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Poshi Resources
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Configuration
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Using Poshi Resources
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Node Version Information
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Completely Custom Configuration
Official Documentation
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....
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Categorizing a Configuration
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Using the Bootstrap 3 Compatibility Layer in Liferay 7.4
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Traditional Java-Based Development
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: Jul 18, 2024 8:39 PM
Core Frameworks
Official Documentation
Core Frameworks
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM