This document introduces Nuxeo WebEngine, a lightweight content-centric web framework for quickly building and delivering slices of web content. It leverages a complete ECM platform and uses a component model to make development of content-oriented web applications easier and faster. Key features include a flexible MVC model, URL dispatching, templating with Freemarker, and scripting with Groovy, JavaScript, Python, and Ruby. WebEngine is designed to focus on content while giving developers more control through extensions, plugins, and hot-reloading. It can be used to build content delivery sites, widgets, wikis, apps, and lightweight portals or services.

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Nuxeo WebEngine
The content-centric web framework

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

3. what the web
really is about?

5. URL
HTML
CSS
RSS / ATOM
JavaScript

6. URL
HTML
CSS
RSS / ATOM
JavaScript

7. content
content
content

8. why another tool?

9. because URLs matter

10. because you have content
to expose on the web

11. because you need more
than web publishing

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

13. dynamic
horizontal scaling
easy programing model
designed for the web

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

15. Nuxeo WebEngine
less abstraction, more control

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

17. 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

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

19. smart & elegant

20. 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

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

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

23. 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! ;-)

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

25. What for ?

26. content delivery

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

28. mini-apps (widgets?)
exposing content

29. wiki-based apps

30. content services

31. lightweight enterprise
portals

32. web 2.0 & social apps

33. with REST APIs at the core!

34. lightweight SOA

35. 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

36. Use Cases

37. Blog & Wiki Engine
for Nuxeo Platform

39. 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

40. showtime

41. Leroy Merlin
Wait for the next presentation ;-)

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

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