Course Overview

Developing for the Liferay Platform 1 builds the foundation you need to build successful apps on the Liferay Platform. Learn the basics of portlet development and how to customize the Liferay platform through hooks, Ext plugins, layout templates and themes. This course introduces the service architecture of Liferay and Service Builder, essential knowledge for using the platform API. It also introduces Application Display Templates, a new feature added to Liferay 6.2 that empowers administrators to customize the display of your application.

What You'll Learn

By the end of the training, you should have an understanding of what Liferay has to offer out of the box including:
  • Building portlets in Liferay's Plugins SDK
  • Java standard portlets
  • Liferay's service architecture
  • Using Service Builder to generate a robust service layer
  • Building complex portlet applications with user input, persistence, feedback and localization
  • Connecting your application to Liferay's permissioning system
  • Adding support for Application Display Templates to your application
  • Customizing the portal using hooks
  • How themes are created and function
  • How layout templates are created and function
  • Extensively modifying the portal through an Ext plugin
  • Development best practices
  • Using Liferay Developer Studio
  • Deploying projects to an instance of Liferay

Prerequisites: Development experience with Java and Servlets.

Course Format: Onsite

Version: 6.2

This course is also offered for Liferay Version 6.1

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TRAINING VIDEOS

Intro 1 - What is Liferay
Intro 2 - Portal Architecture
Intro 3 - Liferay UI

COURSE TOPICS

Day 1
 

Introduction

  • Introduction to Liferay's Plugins SDK
  • Installing Liferay Developer Studio
  • Setting Up the Space Program
  • Reviewing Liferay Concepts
Developing Portlet Plugins
  • Introduction to Java Standard Portlets
  • How Portlets Differ From Servlets
  • The Java Portlet Specification
  • The Portlet Lifecycle
  • Phases of the Portlet Lifecycle
  • Portlet Characteristics
  • Java Standard Portlet Exercise
  • Portlet Preferences
  • Inter-Portlet Communication
  • Methods of Inter-Portlet Communication
  • Public Render Parameters
  • Events
  • Portlets and Web Application Frameworks
Day 2
 

Parts Inventory Portlet Application

  • Design Approach
  • Setting up the Data Model for Service Builder
  • Generating the Service and Persistence Layer
  • Leveraging the Liferay MVC Portlet Framework
  • Displaying Data using Liferay's Search Container
  • Localization, Feedback and Input Validation
  • Integrating Liferay Permissions
  • Adding Custom Portlets to the Control Panel
Day 3
 

Liferay Look and Feel

  • Application Display Templates
  • Liferay Theme and Layout Template Overview
  • Advanced Theme, Layout Topics, and Best Practices
Hook Plugins
  • Adding a Post Login Action
  • Adding a Startup Action
  • Customizing Language Keys
  • Customizing Core Liferay JSPs
  • Extending Liferay's Services using Service Wrappers
  • Adding a Servlet Filter to Liferay
  • Customizing Liferay's Struts Actions
Ext Plugins
  • Ext Plugin Overview
  • Portal Properties Ext Plugin
  • Portlet Preferences Ext Plugin
  • Ext Plugin Best Practices
Liferay Marketplace
  • Introduction to Liferay's Marketplace
  • Liferay Plugin Security
Advanced Topics and Summary
  • Web Services in Liferay
  • Spring in Liferay
  • Development Strategy
  • Summary and Conclusion

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LAPTOP REQUIREMENTS

  • 6GB RAM
  • 5GB Free Hard Disk Space
  • Windows x64, Mac OSX*, or Linux*

* Participants that use Mac OSX or Linux must be prepared to troubleshoot any operating system related issues, as the trainer may not be familiar with these operating systems.

TRAINING RECOMMENDATIONS

  • 8GB RAM

Please contact us or call 1-877-LIFERAY if you have any questions.