Introducing Portlet Generator 1.0 I've just added the portlet generator utility to this site. This utility replaces the "create.bat" and "create.sh" scripts that come with Liferay's PluginSDK. It offers...
Hello Struts Portlet I've placed a very simple Hello Struts portlet in the downloads section. It doesn't do nearly enough to show the power of Struts in Liferay. Look for a future Struts portlets...
Hello jQuery Portlet I was recently asked: "What is jQuery?". By now, most Javascript enthusiasts understand the advantages of jQuery's power. To demonstrate one of those advantages, I've added...
Hello Spring Portlet I've placed a simple, Hello World type Spring portlet in the downloads section. Check it out. It uses the Spring ParameterizableViewController to forward to the view JSP.
Using jQuery with Liferay, Part 2 Four more core effects are Show, Toggle, Fade In, and Animate. This week's portlet and the screencast below gives a demonstration of these four effects in a Liferay Portlet....
The World Time Clock portlet is now in the downloads sections. It extends javax.portlet.GenericPortlet to display a digital clock using javascript within a Java Server Page.
This is a simple portlet that demonstrates that frameworks are not necessarily needed if all you require is a simple View presented in the portlet window.
Available now in the downloads area: Easy Statistics Portlet. Numerical analysis can be a important tool for any statistician. This free portlet uses Struts 1.2 to accept integer input and easily compute some basic statistics such as standard deviation, mean, median, etc. It was created for use with Liferay 5.1.2.
Credit goes to Jeff Sauro over at Usable Statistics for the idea for this portlet. Also, credit to JFree.org for the use of the JFreeChart statistical libraries used to compute most of the results.
Next, I’ll be working on the World Timezone portlet.
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