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Nuxeo WebEngine
The content-centric web framework

“Nuxeo WebEngine is a lightweight,
content-centric web framework to quickly
build and deliver slices of web”

what the web
really is about?

URL
HTML
CSS
RSS / ATOM
JavaScript

URL
HTML
CSS
RSS / ATOM
JavaScript

content
content
content

why another tool?

because URLs matter

because you have content
to expose on the web

because you need more
than web publishing

content repository
ecm platform
many services and features
flexible and modular
components everywhere

dynamic
horizontal scaling
easy programing model
designed for the web

lightweight framework
content-centric
extensible with scripting
components architecture
lightspeed startup

Nuxeo WebEngine
less abstraction, more control

Easier and faster development for content-oriented
web applications
leverage a complete ECM platform
...and a powerful component model

less abstraction
focus on content
clean and lean model
built on REST (HTTP means something)
leverage the browser (but don’t restrict to it)
no magic

more control
the browser is a application platform
widgets are the key to expose your content
scripting for business logic
fast code/test cycle

smart & elegant

Designed by web’s children,
for the web you like
Content is king
URL matters
REST everywhere, because the web has a soul
and... in developers we trust

WebEngine Essentials
easy MVC
smart URL dispatcher
flexible views on content
powerful templating language — Freemarker
scripting for logic — Groovy, JS, Python, Ruby, etc.

a real MVC model
Controler
Scripts
Model or Java Code
Content
DocumentModel
from Nuxeo Core View
Templates
(Freemarker)

Based on a complete
ECM platform
content store (Nuxeo Core, JCR-based)
advanced Access Control (through permissions)
enterprise-class authentication & user/group
management
indexing and search
comments, relations, etc.
and a dozen more! ;-)

Components everywhere
hot-reloadable extension points
compose your apps dynamically with plugins
works with Jetty, JBoss and GlassFish3
Nuxeo’s style! :-)

What for ?

content delivery

Corporate
Web Site
Enterprise
Repository Web
Web Widgets
Engine
Nuxeo EP
Mobile Devices

mini-apps (widgets?)
exposing content

wiki-based apps

content services

lightweight enterprise
portals

web 2.0 & social apps

with REST APIs at the core!

lightweight SOA

WebEngine in the big picture
Nuxeo Shell
Administration
Nuxeo RCP Nuxeo Platform
Productivity-oriented Apps
Content
Business rules
Nuxeo JSF WebApp Processes
Enterprise Apps SI integration
Nuxeo WebEngine
Publish to the web

Use Cases

Blog & Wiki Engine
for Nuxeo Platform

afp.com
New corporate website
Expose AFP’s products (NewsML content)
Reuse content stored in the repository
Leverage production system based on Nuxeo PF
One backend, several font-ends

showtime

Leroy Merlin
Wait for the next presentation ;-)

What next?
WebEngine 1.0 (late this month)
Enterprise Wiki & Blog engine
Knowledge Base front-end
OpenSocial integration (lightweight portals)
and a lot more!

Thank you!
www.nuxeo.com
www.nuxeo.org/webengine
www.nuxeo.org/discussions