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For the second year in a row, this event will be global and fully virtual with live moderation from our studios in Germany. We are excited to invite you to another truly international event, full of inspiring keynotes, workshops, and deep dives. Registration will open soon, so mark your calendars – and stay tuned!   CALL FOR PAPERS!   Contribute to DEVCON by presenting your knowledge to...

Introduction So recently I completed a database upgrade from Liferay EE 6.1 up to Liferay DXP 7.4. It was actually pretty straightforward and I didn't encounter any significant blockers. I did however learn some stuff along the way and I thought I'd share those details here so you will be able to do your next Liferay DB upgrade in the same way. Note that although I'm specifically including...

Introduction So I wrote https://liferay.dev/blogs/-/blogs/extending-liferay-osgi-modules five years ago targeting Liferay 7.0. A lot has changed since then. Liferay Gradle Workspace plugin has seen numerous updates. Gradle has seen an update or two as well. Recently when asked to assist a client who wanted to extend Liferay's Journal Article service, I started by recommending they look...

The Liferay Portal 7.4 GA6 release is primarily focused on fixes so no new notable features will be introduced with this release. Download options Liferay Portal and Liferay Commerce share the same Bundle and Docker image.  To get started using either Liferay Portal or Liferay Commerce, choose the best download option suited for your environment below. Docker image To use Liferay...

The following versions of PortletMVC4Spring were released on January 5, 2022 AD: Version Description   5.3.1 For use with Spring Framework 5.3.x (tested with 5.3.12) Release Notes 5.2.2 For use with Spring Framework 5.2.x (tested with 5.2.18.RELEASE) Release Notes 5.1.3 For use with Spring Framework 5.1.x (tested with 5.1.20.RELEASE)...

Introduction Liferay DXP is a flexible platform which has been developed initially to support developers to easily implement business automation needs. We always face the question “what if i have a custom business requirements, how easy can we implement that if we adapt Liferay?”, in this blog we will discover the ease of customizing Liferay to implement business needs smoothly. Prerequisites...

Introduction Liferay DXP has traditionally offered a wide variety of extension mechanisms to extend and customize the platform. Most of these mechanisms require the deployment of custom-written code to be activated. As we move towards SaaS solutions and Cloud offerings, we need to provide other extension mechanisms that don't require customers to deliver and run arbitrary code on the company...

NOTE: Recap made by all the organizers of /dev/24 It's been some time since /dev/24 ended and it's time to look back and analyze what /dev/24 was. The main feeling is that the second edition of /dev/24, on November 3 and 4, had the same spirit as the first one.     If you write {curly braces}, this is for you! If you only read them, it'll help you to write. On this edition, two...

​​​​​​​ Download options Liferay Portal and Liferay Commerce share the same Bundle and Docker image.  To get started using either Liferay Portal or Liferay Commerce, choose the best download option suited for your environment below. Docker image To use Liferay Portal 7.4 GA5: docker run -it -p 8080:8080 liferay/portal:7.4.3.5-ga5 For more information on using the official Liferay...

When we think about Liferay, we always think about Liferay development style. Even to create React modules until 7.3 version, the React code is Liferay based because you need to have an OSGI module to achieve the final result. However, things are changing!  First, what is React? React is a declarative, efficient, and flexible JavaScript library for building user interfaces. It lets you...