A timely and authoritative guide, written by the Chief Architect and Founder of Alfresco. Alfresco is considered the leading open source solution for Web and Content Management. What makes Alfresco unique is its services, which can be easily extended with web scripts via RESTful services. Written by an author team that includes the chief architect and the founder of Alfresco, this comprehensive guide provides in-depth coverage of the Alfresco architecture and services and shows how to extend them through Web scripts to meet real business needs.
You’ll learn how to use Alfresco services to create effective content management solutions while detailed code examples show you how to extend Alfresco with Web scripts using RESTful services to deliver custom solutions.
- Features detailed, working code examples that demonstrate how to extend Alfresco with Web scripts
- Written by the Chief Architect and other key Alfresco insiders, ensuring that this book is both authoritative and up-to-date
- Shows how to integrate Alfresco with Drupal and Joomla portal solutions
- Covers the upcoming Alfresco 3.2 release
- Includes real-world case examples of increasing levels of sophistication and complexity
- The companion Web site contains all source code examples in the book
You’ll benefit from this timely resource that shows how to get the most from Alfresco for specific business requirements.
From the Back Cover
Discover what makes Alfresco a unique solution for your business needsAlfresco is a fast, cost-effective enterprise content management system for Web sites and content applications provided under an open source license. This book will help developers, architects, Web site architects, project managers, and content management professionals understand what Alfresco provides, how it can be implemented, and how Alfresco can integrate into existing applications or Web sites. This is the definitive resource written by the people who built Alfresco.
Professional Alfresco:
- Discusses the fundamental Alfresco architecture, components, and services
- Shares detailed guidance on building content applications with the Alfresco platform
- Explores Alfresco’s use of new content management standards like Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS)
- Explains how to extend Alfresco for custom functionality through easy Web scripting
- Offers an overview of the Spring Surf Framework, its features, and how it can be used
- Provides real-world code examples and scenarios in Java® and JavaScript® with various levels of sophistication and complexity
- Addresses integration with other applications, Web sites, and portals including Lotus®, Drupal®, SAP®, and Liferay®
About the Author
David Caruana is the Chief Architect for Alfresco Software.
John Newton is the CTO and Chairman for Alfresco Software.
Michael Farman is the Director of Product Management for Alfresco Software.
Michael G. Uzquiano is the Director of Web Platform Tools for Alfresco Software.
Kevin Roast is the User Interface Technical Lead for Alfresco Software.
Book Details
- Paperback: 576 pages
- Publisher: Wrox (May 3, 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0470571047
- ISBN-13: 978-0470571040
- File Size: 12.3 MiB
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