What Every New Developer Should Know About Alfresco (Jeff Potts)
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Presentation from Alfresco Moscow Meetup Record of the speech (with russian subs): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_8imv40bZU
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What Every New Developer Should Know About Alfresco (Jeff Potts)
- 1. What Every New Developer Should Know About Alfresco Jeff Potts Chief Community Officer
- 3. Content Models The rough equivalent to Data Definition Language in Alfresco
- 4. Everything is a node, nodes are typed Content Model is expressed in XML • Defines types, aspects, properties, associations, constraints • Cold-deploy most common, hot deploy possible Hierarchical • Types inherit from super types Extend the out-of-the-box model with your own
- 5. Forms Forms are modeled in XML • Explorer: web-client-config-custom.xml • Share: share-config-custom.xml Form Service • Processes and persists form data • Filters for intercepting form data before and after form submit • RESTful API for retrieving form model as JSON
- 6. Rules You can automate a lot of content processing using rules that trigger rule actions
- 7. Rules save time Defined in the UI by end-users If this (criteria) then that (action) Associated with a folder • Can optionally be applied to sub-folders Can easily add your own custom actions to the list
- 8. Web Scripts Roll your own REST API using this MVC framework or leverage the out- of-the-box URLs
- 9. Roll your own REST API Web Script Framework used to declare a URL, bind it to logic, provide views • Model-View-Controller pattern • Controller implemented in server-side JavaScript or Java • Views implemented in FreeMarker Deployed to the repository or the classpath Can also have web scripts on the Share tier
- 10. Out-of-the-box URLs Web script console lists all web scripts • http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/index • http://localhost:8080/share/service/index Pay attention to the lifecycle • Lifecycle “internal” may change without warning Use CMIS or public API whenever possible
- 11. Web Scripts run in both tiers Web scripts exist in both tiers They access different sets of objects They communicate over HTTP/S Code running in the browser can invoke web scripts in either tier (not shown) XML/JSON over HTTP/S Apache Tomcat Spring Surf Web Script Framework alfresco.war Spring Surf Web Script Framework share.war
- 12. CMIS CMIS is the preferred API for integrating with Alfresco
- 13. The Beauty of CMIS My Custom Application Third-Party Systems CMIS API Standard integration Standard integration
- 14. Use CMIS for CRUD functions Important ECM industry specification managed by OASIS Alfresco uses OpenCMIS, the de facto standard implementation of the spec • Available at http://chemistry.apache.org All you need is a service URL For Java, Python, .NET, PHP, Objective-C, Android libraries see Apache Chemistry
- 15. Service URLs by Version Alfresco Version CMIS Service URL 3.2r2 - 3.4 http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/cmis (ATOM) http://localhost:8080/alfresco/cmis (SOAP) 4.0 http://localhost:8080/alfresco/cmisatom http://localhost:8080/alfresco/cmis (SOAP) 4.2.d/e/f, 4.2 Enterprise http://localhost:8080/alfresco/api/-default-/cmis/versions/1.0/atom http://localhost:8080/alfresco/api/-default-/cmis/versions/1.1/atom http://localhost:8080/alfresco/api/-default-/cmis/versions/1.1/browser http://localhost:8080/alfresco/cmis (SOAP)
- 16. Extensions Avoid changing files included with the Alfresco distribution
- 17. Use AMPs to package extensions An AMP is a ZIP with a special folder structure, a manifest, and a strange name The MMT is used to deploy (merge) your AMPs with alfresco.war and share.war Use AMPs even when you do not intend to publicly distribute your customizations https://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/ Packaging_And_Deploying_Extensions
- 18. Debugging Use the source, turn up logging verbosity, leverage one of many consoles
- 19. Developer, heal thyself Configure Eclipse for remote debugging Turn up logging in log4j.properties Turn on the server-side JavaScript debugger Use a client-side JavaScript debugger Use Florian Maul’s JavaScript Console Use the Node Browser Use the OpenCMIS Workbench Use SurfBug if you are doing Share custs
- 20. Asking for Help Help the Alfresco community help you
- 21. Help us help you The community welcomes everyone Invest some sweat equity • Read the docs • Search the web • Try a few things before asking for help Be specific Be polite Pay it forward
- 22. Resources Alfresco Forums http://forums.alfresco.com Alfresco Wiki http://wiki.alfresco.com Alfresco Blogs http://blogs.alfresco.com CMIS Resources http://cmis.alfresco.com ECM Architect Blog http://ecmarchitect.com Documentation http://docs.alfresco.com Freenode IRC #alfresco Code Examples http://code.google.com/p/ share-extras https://code.google.com/p/ alfresco-api-java-examples/ https://github.com/jpotts/ alfresco-developer-series Full list at: http://www.alfresco.com/resources/ documentation/getting-started