Andrew Jardine - Blogs

It's been about ten years now,  so if that isn't a sign of dedication to a product, then I don't know what is. Last year at DevCON in Amsterdam I shared the first part of my story, The Journey of a Liferay Developer: The Search for Answers -- how I discovered the platform, the challenges I faced learning it, and the road I walked to get to where I am today (or rather...

Today I experienced a great victory, but the day sure didn't start that way. In the days leading up to OSGI I spent a lot of time reading about it, listening to discussions, etc. I wanted to understand what the big deal was. Among the list of benefits, one stuck out most for me. "OSGI does the dependency management, at runtime, for you. So if you have Module A that is dependent on...

What a trip. From the dynamic format of the Unconference, to the Air Guitar competition, the opportunity to speak, and a lens into what's coming in 7.2, it was by far the best event that I have ever been to. I've been to many conference, but my first developer conference. It was so good that I forced myself to find the time to document the exprerience to share it with all of you. ...

I recently responded to the thread in the forums where the poster was asking about Liferay 7 and it's compatibility with OSGI. I am a huge JRebel fan myself and, based on what I know of JRebel and how it works, couldn't think of a reason why it wouldn't work -- but, I hadn't yet tried it out. I started doing some research as well as having a chat with the infamous David Nebinger about...

I think before we get rolling here I need to first admit that blogging about 6.2 features and functions is maybe not the best practice since we should all be planning our move to 7 in preparation for the end of days that are coming. In truth, I have wanted to write this post since before Liferay 7/DXP hit the stage but never had the time. With that said, I think that there are still A...

My very first blog post. To be honest I've said for months that I was going to start doing this but there just always seems to be something more "urgent". Today I promised someone on the forums that I would write this one -- so maybe this will get the ball rolling for me. DISCLAIMER: I did this several months ago so I am not sure how much has changed since then. It worked great...