A Developer’s Introduction to the Alfresco Platform Part One: Learning Your Way Around Part Two: The Content Model, Rules & Actions Part Three: Web Scripts, Surf, & CMIS Jeff Potts Content Management Practice Lead

Recap In Part Two we looked at some very basic building blocks within the Alfresco platform Custom content model Rules Actions In Part One we looked at a pattern for custom content- centric apps

In Part Two we looked at some very basic building blocks within the Alfresco platform

Custom content model

Rules

Actions

In Part One we looked at a pattern for custom content- centric apps

What is the Web Script Framework? Alfresco’s REST API can be thought of in three chunks Alfresco URLs used by Explorer and Share (tagging, comments, blogs, discussions, etc.) CMIS URLs used for generic node operations, queries, and repository traversal Custom URLs Web Script Framework used to declare a URL, bind it to logic, provide views Model-View-Controller pattern Controller implemented in JavaScript or Java Views implemented in FreeMarker Deployed to the repository or the classpath

Alfresco’s REST API can be thought of in three chunks

Alfresco URLs used by Explorer and Share (tagging, comments, blogs, discussions, etc.)

CMIS URLs used for generic node operations, queries, and repository traversal

Custom URLs

Web Script Framework used to declare a URL, bind it to logic, provide views

Model-View-Controller pattern

Controller implemented in JavaScript or Java

Views implemented in FreeMarker

Deployed to the repository or the classpath

What is CMIS? Draft OASIS specification, not a ratified standard yet Alfresco, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, FileNet support Alfresco rolled out an early implementation of the draft spec as well as a unit test suite Two parts Interoperability through standard SOAP and RESTful bindings SQL-based query language for rich content repositories RESTful responses returned as extended ATOM Think of it as a language-independent, repository-independent API for content management CRUD functions for nodes Check-in/check-out Associations Policies Queries Repository traversal

Draft OASIS specification, not a ratified standard yet

Alfresco, IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, FileNet support

Alfresco rolled out an early implementation of the draft spec as well as a unit test suite

Two parts

Interoperability through standard SOAP and RESTful bindings

SQL-based query language for rich content repositories

RESTful responses returned as extended ATOM

Think of it as a language-independent, repository-independent API for content management

CRUD functions for nodes

Check-in/check-out

Associations

Policies

Queries

Repository traversal

What is Surf? Web application development framework built on web scripts Essentially web scripts++ Page definition Declarative handshakes to HTTP end points Page, page type, and object dispatching Includes built-in hooks for talking to Alfresco and loading objects from the repository

Web application development framework built on web scripts

Essentially web scripts++

Page definition

Declarative handshakes to HTTP end points

Page, page type, and object dispatching

Includes built-in hooks for talking to Alfresco and loading objects from the repository

Surf’s Two-Tier Architecture Connectors Model Objects Pages Templates Components Themes Associations JSON Web Scripts Repository CMIS Social UI JSON Content Graph Documents Folders Associations Aspects Presentation Tier Repository Tier Spring REST Web Scripts FreeMarker Dispatcher Surf

Demo Hello World Web Script CMIS URL Alfresco Developer Guide Rating Example Status & Bookmark Share Dashlets Green Energy Site

Hello World Web Script

CMIS URL

Alfresco Developer Guide Rating Example

Status & Bookmark Share Dashlets

Green Energy Site

Much More to Explore on Your Own Alfresco Explorer Client Customization Behaviors Metadata Extractors Transformers Advanced Workflow (JBoss jBPM) Permissions Authentication against LDAP Web Services API AMPs Import/Export Web Content Management Sandboxes Web Forms Deployment

Alfresco Explorer Client Customization

Behaviors

Metadata Extractors

Transformers

Advanced Workflow (JBoss jBPM)

Permissions

Authentication against LDAP

Web Services API

AMPs

Import/Export

Web Content Management

Sandboxes

Web Forms

Deployment

For More Information… Alfresco Developer Guide http://www.packtpub.com/alfresco-developer-guide/book Alfresco Content Community http://hosted4.alfresco.com/alfresco Alfresco Forums http://forums.alfresco.com Alfresco Wiki http://wiki.alfresco.com Alfresco Blogroll http://blogs.alfresco.com/planet/ ECM Architect http://ecmarchitect.com Optaros Home Page http://www.optaros.com

Alfresco Developer Guide

http://www.packtpub.com/alfresco-developer-guide/book

Alfresco Content Community

http://hosted4.alfresco.com/alfresco

Alfresco Forums

http://forums.alfresco.com

Alfresco Wiki

http://wiki.alfresco.com

Alfresco Blogroll

http://blogs.alfresco.com/planet/

ECM Architect

http://ecmarchitect.com

Optaros Home Page

http://www.optaros.com