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SNAPBUILD FOR CQ5
Innovative Tools to Increase Productivity
Richard Brown , Chief Technology Officer
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2. CONSULTING | TRAINING | ROM
OUR FOCUS
•3|SHARE provides Clients with
three core offerings focused solely
on CQ5.
1. Consulting
a) Expert Services
b) Deployment
c) On|Demand™
2. Training
3. Remote Operations
Management™ (ROM)
4. SnapBuild for CQ5

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Initial Release
3|SHARE Maven Build + Source Code Repository + Jenkins
SnapBuild for CQ5

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Next Release
Eclipse Plugin – Drag & Drop CQ5 Application Development
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Business is the Ultimate Competition
FASTER
BETTER
CHEAPER
Why is it needed?

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Why did we build it?
• CRXDE is great for learning…Not so great for projects.
• CRXDE Lite is great for quick changes…Not so great for projects.
• Maven is Painful
• Make Developers More Efficient
• Reduce the learning curve for new developers
• Standardize a build layout across the community
• Jumpstart projects
• Help Adobe sell licenses
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Why did we build it?

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What improved tools did Marketing get?
• Campaign Management
• Campaign Tracking
• Analytics
• Test & Target
• Social
What improved tools did Content Authors get?
• CQ5 Advanced Interface
• Mobile Editing
• Instant Activation 24x7x365
• Scene 7
In the past few years…

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What improved tools did Development get?
In the past few years…

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How did you learn development in CQ5?
Just Reading Documentation?
From a Friend?
They Teach it in College?
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A trip down memory lane

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You Probably Started with 4 Day Adobe Developer Training
• The CQ5 User Interfaces
• OSGi and Apache Sling
• David’s Content Model
• Installation
• Create a Template
• Create Multiple Scripts/Renderers for the “Page” Component
• Inheritance
• Create a Design
• Create a Title Component
• Creating OSGi Bundles
• …….
CQ5 DEVELOPER – MEMORY LANE
How we learned CQ5

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Set up your first project
Create a handful of directories
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How we learned CQ5

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Create a Template and Component
• Create a new Template in the Templates folder.
• Point it to a “Page” Component that doesn’t exist yet
• Create the “Page” Component.
• Inherit from the Foundation Page Component
Questions You May Have Asked Yourself
• What is this sling:resourceType and Page Component thing all about?
• How do I assign my CSS?
• How do I reuse code without copying the header and footer to every template?
• What is this sling:superResourceType?
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How we learned CQ5

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Create a CQ5 Design
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How we learned CQ5

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Copy CSS and Images
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How we learned CQ5

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Assign the Design
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How we learned CQ5

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Post Training Questions
• How do I share my code with teammates?
• Source Control exists but only Subversion?
• How do I build my code to:
• Development
• QA
• Production
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How we learned CQ5

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Post Training Conclusion
It’s Pretty High Touch
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How we learned CQ5

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Maven – Bring the Pain!
CQ5 DEVELOPER – MAVEN BUILDS
Is there a better way?

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CQ5 DEVELOPER – MAVEN BUILDS
Is there a better way?
The Build is Broke Again!

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Questions About Maven
• What is pom.xml?
• What are dependencies? Which ones do I need?
• Maven Vault Plugin?
• Maven Layout Best Practices?
• What is the output of my build?
• Packages?
• Jar Files?
• Direct push to CRX?
• How do I create multiple applications in my build?
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Is there a better way?

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Is there a better way?

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The Bottom Line
Builds Take Time To Set Up
Builds Take Time Learn
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Is there a better way?

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SnapBuild for CQ5
3|SHARE Claim: All of this is unnecessary!
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There is a Better Way

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SnapBuild Plugin Features
• Auto Generated Maven Build
• Simplified Interface in a Familiar IDE
• Integration with Source Control
• Push Button Deployments
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There is a Better Way

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SnapBuild Plugin Features
• Drag & Drop
• Template, Components, Designs, Servlets, Java Classes,
Configurations, etc.
• Auto Generate
• Base Template
• Homepage Template
• Common Configurations with Run Mode Support
• Seed Content
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There is a Better Way

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SnapBuild Demo
Start the Timer! 5 Minutes Max
Create a Project
Deploy to Local CQ
Check into GIT Repository
View Home Page on Amazon Server
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There is a Better Way

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SnapBuild Roadmap – 4th Quarter 2013
• Auto Generated Maven Layout
• Auto Generated Templates and Content
• Auto Generated Configurations
• Overlay Support
• Common Code and Configurations
• Servlet Wizard
• Multiple Application Support
• Push Button Deployments
• CQ Version Switching
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There is a Better Way

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SnapBuild Roadmap – 1st Quarter 2014
• Auto Generated Documentation
• Templates
• Components
• Inheritance
• Servlets
• Simplified Dialog Creation – Annotations
• Test Case Generation
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There is a Better Way

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Are you interested?
As we Approach GA
We will be on Twitter
We will message all Attendees
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