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.

Check these articles for an introduction:

Feature
Deployment Approach
Capability
Migrating Your Project to Use liferay-npm-bundler's New Mode
Official Documentation
Migrating Your Project to Use liferay-npm-bundler's New Mode The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/Portal GA129, and it's planned for future removal. Since issue #303, two...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
How AMD Loader Configuration is Exported
Official Documentation
How AMD Loader Configuration is Exported The Liferay npm bundler is deprecated of Liferay 2024.Q4/Portal GA129, and it's planned for future removal. If you don't understand how Liferay AMD...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
How the Bundler Publishes npm Packages
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Default Bundler Loaders
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Changes Between Bundler 1.x and 2.x
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Migrating a Plain JavaScript, Billboard JS, JQuery, Metal JS, React, or Vue JS Project to Use Liferay npm Bundler 2.x
Official Documentation
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/Portal GA129, and...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
How JavaScript Modules are Formatted for AMD
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
OSGi Bundles and npm Package Structure
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Understanding the Liferay npm Bundler Loader
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Poshi Test Automation
Official Documentation
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, 2024 6:55 PM
Creating A Path File
Official Documentation
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, 2024 6:55 PM
Liferay npm Bundler
Official Documentation
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)...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:55 PM
Creating a Macro File
Official Documentation
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, 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
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
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
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
Configuration Framework
Official Documentation
Configuration Framework Setting and Accessing Configurations Categorizing a Configuration Scoping Configurations Portlet Level Configuration Configuration Form Renderer DDM Form Annotations ...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 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
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
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
Creating the Testcase File
Official Documentation
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, 2024 6:55 PM
Running a Test
Official Documentation
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, 2024 6:55 PM
Setup
Official Documentation
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, 2024 6:55 PM
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
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
Hiding the Configuration UI
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Portlet Level Configuration
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Setting and Accessing Configurations
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 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
Configuration Form Renderer
Official Documentation
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,...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
DDM Form Annotations
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Field Options Provider
Official Documentation
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...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM
Job Scheduler Framework
Official Documentation
Job Scheduler Framework
Published Date: May 9, 2024 6:53 PM
Configuration Model Listener Reference
Official Documentation
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: ...
Published Date: Nov 22, 2024 10:50 PM