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Welcome to the Extlet wiki!

Please keep in mind that the Extlet is for you – developers. Don’t hesitate to contact me if you need any help! (tomas*polesovsky-at-ibacz*eu)

I’d like to thank my friends for their help with the project (in alphabetical order):

• Jaromír Hamala
• Lukáš Matějka
• Aleš Rybák
• Ondřej Životský

News

• Support for Liferay 6 – please see new project extlet6
• 22.03.11 – Version 1.4 released (file conflict checking, support for Oracle WebLogic AS)
• 02.12.10 – Migration into Ext Plugin – see LPS-9442
• 01.12.10 – Conflict checking – build extlet-setup from sources please
• 15.10.10 – Support for Oracle WebLogic AS (without reload)
• 08.10.10 – Ant environment with Service Builder support (download extlet-ant-sdk.zip and look into Basic Project - Ant)
• 07.10.10 – Added Extlet Hook – Extlet environment can be now installed into Liferay using this hook (just download extlet-hook.war and put into deploy directory) – thanks to Petr Vlček

Quick Overview

• It is development (maven) and runtime environment for Liferay 5.2.3 running on the Tomcat
• Extlet replaces the EXT environment
• Use it the way you wish, it is free (under MIT)
• It is supported by the IBA CZ, Extlet whitepaper

Documentation

• General Information
  • What is the Extlet
  • All-in-one Concept
  • Licence
  • Extlet vs. Ext comparison
  • Installation
• Development
  • Pre-development Tasks
  • Basic Project - Ant – with Service Builder
  • Basic Project - Maven
  • Adding Hooks and Portlets
  • Extlet Configuration Files
• Advanced Documentation
  • Hot Deploy Feature
  • How the Extlet Works
  • Source Codes

Future

• Implement support for the rest of the configuration files (see Extlet Configuration Files)
• Enrich the Liferay using extension points for developers to easily change Liferay core behaviour
• Support for the Liferay 6
• Support for the Glassfish (and other app. servers?)
• Migrate the Extlet into the Liferay Ext Plugin – LPS-9442