Nuxeo is an open-source vendor providing an enterprise content management platform, enabling users to build customized ECM applications using its OSGi-based architecture. Nuxeo Studio offers a user-friendly interface for configuration, allowing non-technical users to easily create and manage content without deep technical knowledge. The platform guarantees backward compatibility, ensuring that custom configurations remain functional across updates.

1. Leveraging OSGi-based Architecture, GWT,
and Eclipse to build a large ajax-based
applications on top of the Nuxeo Enterprise
Platform
Nuxeo Studio
Roland Benedetti, VP Products & Marketing, Nuxeo
Bogdan Stefanescu, Lead Architect at Nuxeo
2001-03-24
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2. Nuxeo, who are we?
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Vendor of an open source software platform in the
feld of Enterprise Content Management
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Love to create great software, fond of modularity,
started to use OSGi 4 years ago to create server-side
enterprise software...
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10 years old, 500+ customers, 5000+ installations
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Sells support & maintenance subscription and added
value software provided as a service
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Dual HQ Paris & Boston, offces in San Francisco
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http://www.nuxeo.com
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3. Nuxeo Enterprise Platform
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The software we develop is an Open Source ECM
platform known as Nuxeo Enterprise Platform (EP)
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A “platform” because you can use Nuxeo EP to
develop your own customized ECM application
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We also provide Turn-Key pre-build applications
based on Nuxeo EP already customized for different
scopes:
– Document Management (DM)
– Digital Asset Management (DAM)
– Case Management Framework (CMF)
– … or simply Content Application Platform (CAP) for
developers
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5. The Platform approach
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6. The Problem ...
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7. … the solution Is in the Browser
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8. In a nutshell
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Full-featured confguration & customization
environment delivered as a Service
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Develop Faster: start fast, reuse, focus on your
model and business logic, not on plumbing
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Deploy & Update Easily on your various
platforms thanks to the Update Center & Nuxeo
Marketplace
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Protect your investment: Forward Compatibility
Guaranteed! No more upgrades that break your
customization work.
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9. What is Studio?
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A Web User Interface to confgure Nuxeo EP
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Easy to use Rich Client Interface – based on GWT
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Made for non technical people
– Everyone can confgure Nuxeo EP
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Generates a bundle containing the confguration
extensions (a JAR fle)
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Hides the complexity and the huge number of
extension points provided by the platform
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Focus on confguring functionality and not on
how the confguration is done
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10. Some Background - Extension Points
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Nuxeo EP is an ECM platform made of hundreds
of bundles and extension points
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Each bundle may defne one or more extension
points
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Extension Points provide a way to confgure services
from outside the host bundle.
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Any bundle may contribute new extensions to
other bundles to confgure them
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Extension points are primarily used to confgure
the application or to install new capabilities
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11. Why Studio?
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Extension Points are great but are designed to be
used by developers
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Require knowledge of the target service internals
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To customize a functionality you may need to defne
tens of extensions
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Nuxeo EP already ships as a complete ECM
product – ready to be used in production
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In most of cases you only need to confgure it through
extensions to defne your content model, add your
business logic or for branding the product
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This confguration task is usually made by non
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12. Why Studio? – Example
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Defning a new document type requires at least 4
extensions:
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Defne the document type (behavior, schemas etc.)
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Contribute XSD schemas used by the document
type.
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Attach a life cycle to your document type
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Confgure document views (e.g. tabs in UI)
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Then you need to package your extensions as an
OSGi bundle
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13. Nuxeo Studio – the Solution
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To defne a new content type you need to create
a new plugin that may contain many XML
extensions
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Not diffcult for developers
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But diffcult for non technical people
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Nuxeo Studio is allowing you to focus on the
feature you want to add and not on how to add it
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No need to worry about:
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How to create a new OSGi bundle
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How the extension point works and what the format is
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14. Studio Internals - How it works?
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Defnes a confguration meta model on top of
Nuxeo EP extensions
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Each confgurable object has its own meta model
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Meta models are stored on the fle system in a
GIT repository
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Confgurable objects are versioned through GIT
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Generates an OSGi bundle containing Nuxeo EP
extensions at user request
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The meta model is converted into Nuxeo EP
extensions (an XML fle)
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15. Benefts and Limitations
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Create Content Applications without coding
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Including Branding and Business Logic
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Anyone can create its ECM application!
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Install the Studio generated bundle at runtime
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Ensure backward compatibility
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Confguration meta model is maintained by Nuxeo
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Old Studio Projects will work on new Nuxeo EP
versions
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Limitations - Extensions cannot be reverted
back to confguration objects
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16. Wanna see it live ?
DEMO
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17. Questions?
Start Hacking ECR:
https://github.com/nuxeo/org.eclipse.ecr
Get Involved:
ECR Proposal Forum
Read more:
Eclipse ECR Proposal
Nuxeo EP Reference Documentation
Contact me/us:
Bogdan Stefanescu - bstefanescu@nuxeo.com
http://www.nuxeo.com
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