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uPortal Roadmap Community Call: uPortal 3.2 and Beyond
The document outlines the agenda and plans for uPortal roadmap discussions. The agenda includes an introduction to the uPortal steering committee members, information on the upcoming Jasig 2010 conference and uPortal presentations, the uPortal 3.2 and 3.3 roadmaps, and ways for the community to get involved through portlet development, documentation, testing, and sharing their uPortal deployments.
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uPortal Roadmap Community Call: uPortal 3.2 and Beyond
- 1. uPortal Roadmap uPortal Community Call December 17, 2009
- 2. Agenda • Introduction • uPortal at the Jasig 2010 March Conference • The uPortal Roadmap • Getting Involved • Questions
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- 4. uPortal Steering Committee Elected by the Jasig membership • Erik Olssen, University of California - Irvine • Dwight Raum, The Johns Hopkins University Selected by the uPortal developers • Eric Dalquist, University of Wisconsin-Madison • Jen Bourey, Unicon Representing the Jasig Board • Jim Helwig, University of Wisconsin-Madison (chair, board liason) • Jonathan Markow, Jasig Executive Director (ex-officio member)
- 5. uPortal Community Calls Sharing Collaboration Community http://www.flickr.com/photos/iandolphin CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
- 6. Hold that thought… Questions and discussion at the end Additional feedback by email appreciated http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcobellucci/ CC BY 2.0
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- 8. Jasig 2010 Conference “Ten Years of Open Source Innovation” March 8 - 10, 2010 Supplementary Seminars March 7th and 10th Developer Days, March 11 – 12 Town and Country Resort, San Diego, CA Registration is open: http://www.ja-sig.org/conferences/10spring/index.html
- 9. uPortal Presentations • “uPortal Environment Management Clinic” • “Content Management in uPortal: Two Case Studies” • “ZotPortal: Integrating with Legacy Systems and Planning for the Worst Case” • “Implementing Multi-Level Navigation in uPortal” • “Easy Portlet Development with Struts 2”
- 10. uPortal Presentations (cont.) • “Rich Portlet Development” • “Annotation-Based Spring Portlet MVC” • “uPortal 3.2 and Beyond” • “The Future of the Campus Portal” • “uPortal Distributed Administration and Development”
- 11. uPortal Presentations uPortalSupplementary Seminars • “Implementing uPortal” • “uPortal Migration: 3.0 and Beyond” • “Developing JSR 286 Portlets” • “uPortal Mobile Development”
- 12. Jasig 2010 Conference Plus… • uPortal BOFs • uPortal Poster displays and demos • jQuery Seminar • Building accessible web apps And… • Plenty of opportunities to speak with colleagues and experts!
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- 14. uPortal 3.2 • Portlet Management • Mobile Browsing • CSS/JS Aggregation • Config Portlet Mode • All Portlets
- 15. CSS/JS Aggregation • Reduce the number of CSS & JS files • Uniquely name aggregations • Cache aggregations “forever” • XML to define skin resources
- 16. CSS/JS Aggregation Multiple Scripts(36KB): <script type="text/javascript" src="javascript/uportal/ajax-preferences-jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="javascript/uportal/search.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="javascript/uportal/up-channel-browser.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="javascript/uportal/up-group-browser.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="javascript/uportal/flyout-nav.js"></script> Become One Script (19KB): <script type="text/javascript" src="javascript/uportal/uportal3_10_CA4AFE27EC643E4F96C7A724419E5C1E.aggr.min.js"> </script>
- 17. (Page generated 2009/12/16) uPortalAggregated Imports
- 18. Config Portlet Mode • Portlets can provide their own admin UI • Integrated into the new Portlet Manager • Simplifies complex portlets (Web Proxy) • This will be usable by any portlet • Uses spec defined extension points
- 19. Everything is aPortlet! • Default publishing types are all portlets • All the IChannels are still there for migrators • Ease migration to portlets • Steer implementers away from IChannel
- 20. Updated Portlet Types:SQL Query
- 21. Deprecating IChannel • Explicitly mark channels as not recommended • Start planning around removing channel support
- 22. Portlet Administration • Re-designed user interface • Channel lifecycle management features • Mark channels as created, approved, published, and expired • Delegate permissions for each lifecycle step • Automatic publishing and expiration dates • Parent CPD for common channel parameters
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- 26. Mobile Theme • Designed for the iPhone and other WebKit devices • Layout and interactions customized for the mobile environment • Themes for both uPortal and CAS
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- 30. uPortal 3.3 • Portlet 2.0 (JSR-286) • Removing IChannel Support • Consistent URLs • DLM Management in AJAX UI • Groups & Permissions Management Portlets • Spring 3.0
- 31. Portlet 2.0 (JSR-286) • Upgrading to Pluto 2.0 • Events, JS/CSS in <head>, resource serving • Will require us to drop direct support for IChannels
- 32. Removing IChannel Support • Necessary to move forward with uPortal • Channels never had a fully defined API • Significant overhead in feature development • This will greatly simplify uPortal's code base
- 33. IChannel Initiatives • Portlet to Channel adaptor stub project • Support for converting your Channels to Portlets • Open-source an IChannel and get help converting it
- 34. Consistent URLs /uPortal/folderName/state/channelName.subscribeId/render.uP • Move navigation state into the URL • Enforce canonical URLs • Allow usage of stats packages • AWStats • Google Analytics
- 35. DLM Fragment Management • Add fragment administration to AJAX UI • REST based service APIs for management • Will replace current User Preferences channel
- 36. Spring 3.0 • Using the new REST Services APIs • Converting to annotation based MVC support • All libraries are reviewed for upgrading with every uPortal release
- 37. uPortal - LongTerm • Refactored Build & Deployment - Maven Only • Spring Security for Authentication • Refactoring of user/profile/layout data model • JPA for all database interaction • Grouper Integration • Multiple layouts per User • Integrated Content Management • Integrated Search Indexing
- 38. Refactored Build • Stop using Ant for utilities • Custom Maven plugins for utility functions • Command line tools that don't require the entire uPortal source
- 39. Spring Security • Replace custom ISecurityContext code • Becomes much easier after channels are removed • Provides for authorization aspects, simplifying code • “Outsource” documentation
- 40. Data Model Cleanup/ JPA • Clarify user/profile/layout relationships • Create uPortal ER Diagram • Replace direct JDBC DAOs with JPA • Enforce database level data constraints
- 41. Grouper Integration • Talking with I2 about what Grouper can provide • Consider replacing group management • Consider just adding it as an additional group service
- 42. Integrated CMS • Embedded Java Content Repository • Portlet with basic WYSIWYG editor • Easy way to publish content • Content Management Integration Support (CMIS) • SOAP based API for CMS integration • Alfresco supports CMIS
- 43. Integrated Search • Embedded Java Search Engine • Searching across static portlet meta-data • Design API for portlets to dynamically add indexed content
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- 45. How Can IParticipate? • Portlets • Documentation • Email lists • Testing • Sharing deployments
- 46. Portlet Development NewPortlet Initiatives • Content Management • Banner Existing Portlets • Patches • Extensions
- 47. Share Your Portal • Demo at uPortal Webinars • Share Screenshots • Contribute to uPortal’s YouTube Channel • Register your portal
- 48. Other Ways toParticipate Documentation • Help build skeleton manual • Contribute to uPortal and portlet documentation • Fix errors and omissions Email lists Testing
- 49. Questions? The uPortal SteeringCommittee uportal-steering-committee@lists.ja-sig.org
- 50. Feedback? Suggestions? http://www.flickr.com/photos/aphrodite/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The uPortal Steering Committee uportal-steering-committee@lists.ja-sig.org