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
Reference
Reference App Builder Deploying WARs (WAB Generator) JARS Excluded from WABs
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:54 PM
Creating a Workflow Powered Application
Creating a Workflow Powered Application Subscribers Workflow Powered Applications require data from multiple stakeholders. These process-driven applications can go through multiple stages before...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Creating the Role Change Request App
Creating the Role Change Request App Subscribers The Role Change Request App starts with the employee submitting a request form. Processing then proceeds to the Current Manager, then to the...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
JARs Excluded from WABs
JARs Excluded from WABs [Liferay-generated web application bundles (WABs) are stripped of third party JARs that contain packages that Liferay exports already. Deploying the same third party...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Creating a Standard Application
Creating a Standard Application To create applications based on a custom object takes four steps: create the object, create at least one form view, create at least one table view, and deploy the...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Creating the Role Change Request Object
Creating the Role Change Request Object Subscribers Consider a Human Resources application that collects employee requests to change Roles within the software engineering department: the Role...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Deploying WARs (WAB Generator)
Deploying WARs (WAB Generator) You can create applications as Java EE-style Web Application ARchive (WAR) artifacts or as Java ARchive (JAR) OSGi bundle artifacts. Bean Portlets, PortletMVC4Spring...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
App Builder
App Builder Available: Liferay CE/DXP 7.3 (deprecated and removed in 7.4) App Builder is a low-code application development solution for Liferay DXP. Build a data model, define the application's...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:54 PM
Tooling
Tooling Liferay provides a variety of developer tools that include standard build scripting, lightweight CLI utilities, and full IDE based on Eclipse. This is to serve all developers, whether...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Generating Projects with Blade CLI
Generating Projects with Blade CLI Blade CLI exists to create, build, and deploy Liferay projects in Liferay Workspaces. Once created, these projects can be imported into an IDE or worked on...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Blade CLI
Blade CLI Blade CLI can be installed through a command line interface or a graphical installer. If you're behind a proxy, once it's installed you can configure it to operate through the proxy....
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Configuring a Liferay Docker Container
Configuring a Liferay Docker Container Creating and deploying containers is an important part of the modern developer workflow. Liferay Workspace makes it easy to use Docker containers both for...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Troubleshooting Blade CLI
Troubleshooting Blade CLI If Blade CLI isn't working as expected, you may find answers here. The blade command is not available in my CLI The Blade CLI installer adds the blade command to your...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Configuring Liferay Workspace
Configuring Liferay Workspace Liferay Workspace is simple to use, and you can learn the basics by starting at the beginning. If you're happily creating projects, deploying code, or using a Docker...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Creating Code with Liferay Workspace
Creating Code with Liferay Workspace Liferay Workspace is the developer's tool for creating and managing Liferay development projects. Creating Projects Blade CLI makes it easy to create projects...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Liferay Workspace
Liferay Workspace Liferay Workspace is a set of folders and Gradle scripts that represents the Liferay-opinionated way of handling a full development life cycle: Creating projects Building...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Creating A Liferay Workspace
Creating A Liferay Workspace You can create a Liferay Workspace manually or with Blade CLI. Creating a Liferay Workspace Manually To create a Liferay Workspace manually, you must have Gradle...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Creating Deployment Environments
Creating Deployment Environments There comes a point when your code is ready to share. For that, you must build an environment. In the corporate world, there are usually three environments: ...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Migrating an Angular Project to Use Liferay npm Bundler 2.x
Migrating an Angular Project to Use Liferay npm Bundler 2.x The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. Follow these steps to migrate...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Other Tools (Deprecated)
Other Tools (Deprecated) These tools are deprecated as of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and they are planned for future removal. Modern browsers (and Liferay DXP) all support including JavaScript...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Liferay npm Bundler (Deprecated)
Liferay npm Bundler (Deprecated) The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal.
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Liferay CLI Tool
Liferay CLI Tool The Liferay CLI tool is deprecated as of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. The Liferay CLI tool makes it easy to create Angular, JavaScript, React,...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Bundler Migration Guide
Bundler Migration Guide The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal.
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Migrating a liferay-npm-bundler Project from 1.x to 2.x
Migrating a liferay-npm-bundler Project from 1.x to 2.x The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. liferay-npm-bundler 2.x offers...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Migrating Your Project to Use liferay-npm-bundler's New Mode
Migrating Your Project to Use liferay-npm-bundler's New Mode The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. Since issue #303, two modes...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
How AMD Loader Configuration is Exported
How AMD Loader Configuration is Exported The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. If you don't understand how Liferay AMD Loader...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Liferay npm Bundler
Liferay npm Bundler The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. The liferay-npm-bundler is a bundler (like Webpack or Browserify) that...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. This article outlines the key changes between...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Default Bundler Loaders
Default Bundler Loaders The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. Several loaders are available for the liferay-npm-bundler by...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Migrating a Plain JavaScript, Billboard JS, JQuery, Metal JS, React, or Vue JS Project to Use Liferay npm Bundler 2.x
Migrating a Plain JavaScript, Billboard JS, JQuery, Metal JS, React, or Vue JS Project to Use Liferay npm Bundler 2.x The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Understanding Bundler Configuration Presets
Understanding Bundler Configuration Presets The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. The liferay-npm-bundler comes with a default...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
How the Bundler Publishes npm Packages
How the Bundler Publishes npm Packages The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. When you deploy an OSGi bundle with the specified...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
How JavaScript Modules are Formatted for AMD
How JavaScript Modules are Formatted for AMD The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. Liferay AMD Loader is based on the AMD...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Understanding the npmbundlerrc Structure
Understanding the npmbundlerrc Structure The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. The liferay-npm-bundler is configured via a...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
OSGi Bundles and npm Package Structure
OSGi Bundles and npm Package Structure The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. To deploy JavaScript modules, you must create an...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Understanding the Liferay npm Bundler Loader
Understanding the Liferay npm Bundler Loader The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/7.4 GA129, and it's planned for future removal. liferay-npm-bundler's mechanism is inspired...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Poshi Layers
Poshi Layers
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Reference
Reference Node Version Information
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
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...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:55 PM
Using Glowroot with Liferay
Using Glowroot with Liferay Liferay DXP 2023.Q4+/Portal 7.4 GA100+ Liferay bundles Glowroot, the open source Java application monitoring tool. The tool displays helpful statistics about your...
Published Date: May 9, 24, 6:59 PM

Capabilities

Product

Education

Contact Us

Connect

Powered by Liferay
© 2024 Liferay Inc. All Rights Reserved • Privacy Policy