Adobe CQ5 Introduction Presentation at the CMS Meetup. Removed images and reduced the no of slides

1. Adobe
AEM
aka
CQ5
Ge/ng
Started
and
More
Dr.
Yash
Mody,
PhD
Tekno
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ConsulAng
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2. IntroducAon
to
CQ5
The
way
developers
like
it
• Web
Content
Management
That’s
where
we
create
websites
and
its
content
• Digital
Asset
Management
All
the
digital
media
goes
here
like
images,
documents,
movies
et.
Al.
• Campaign
Management
CreaAng
campaigns,
mailers
and
teasers
using
the
same
content.
• Workflow
Automate
the
processes.
Add
users,
scripts
and
other
processes.
Yes
can
be
triggered
• Social
CollaboraAon
Calendar,
Customer
raAngs,
Forum,
Comments
and
the
other
usual
stuff
(FB,
TwiPer)
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3. Ge/ng
Started
• Current
Version
–
5.6
Now
called
as
the
Adobe
Experience
Manager
• Prereqs
–
Java
v1.7,
4
GB
RAM(min),
CRXDE
And
that’s
apart
from
a
valid
jar
and
license.
• InstallaAon
is
double
clicking
a
JAR
No
I
am
not
kidding
• Set
up
as
Author
That’s
where
all
the
content
is
generated.
Called
the
run-­‐mode
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4. Key
Technologies
• OSGi
The
Universal
Middleware.
Container
for
Bundles.
Uses
Apache
Felix
• JCR
Java
content
Repository.
Everything
is
content.
ImplementaAon
used
-­‐
CRX
• Apache
Sling
The
REST
framework
responsible
for
delivering
content
form
JCR
• CQ
WCM
API
Pages,
Templates,
Components,
Workflows
and
everything
else
CQ
is
made
up
of
• EXTJs
• Sencha
JavaScript
framework.
Used
for
UI
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5. Key
Terms
• Template
The
Blue
print
to
make
a
page
• Pages
This
is
what
the
Author
creates
• Components
Part
of
templates
and
this
is
where
you
will
spend
a
lot
of
your
Ame.
JSP,
JS,
CSS,
i18n,
ExtJs
• Dialog
User
Interface
to
collect
informaAon
from
an
Author.
Custom
created.
ExtJs
• Widgets
Each
line
item
in
a
dialog.
Sits
inside
a
widgetcollecAon.
ExtJs
• Workflow
The
more
I
tell
you
the
more
I
scare
you.
Model
a
workflow,
Run
it,
See
the
inbox,
Step
ahead..
Phew
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6. OSGi
• Bundles
Your
Java
Code.
Basically
a
Jar
with
some
meta
informaAon
• Services
This
is
what
you
will
use
and
write
for
other
bundles
• Blah
Blah
Modules,
RunAme
and
Security.
Class
Loader
example
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7. JCR
Terms
• Node
• It’s
the
structure
• ProperAes
• And
the
content.
Key/Value(s)
format
• API
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8. JCR
Structure
ID
FN
LN
1
A
A
2
B
b
Employee
A
FN:A
LN:B
B
FN:A
LN:B
Repository
Model
with
mulAple
workspaces
Structured
Data
Node
Data
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9. Apache
Sling
• REST
• URL
–
From
JCR
• Protocol
–
HTTP
• SlingHTTPRequest/Response
• POST
handler
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10. Too
many
API’s
adaptTo()
• Apache
Sling
• JCR
• OSGi
• WCM
• Workflows
• CQ
WCM
• adaptTo()
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11. CQ5
Architecture
–
Technology
Stack
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12. Other
EssenAals
• Publish
and
Author
instances
• The
4502
secret
Default
port
• Sidekick
&
Content
Finder
On
the
Authoring
Page.
CF
is
used
to
add
content
(from
DAM)
and
Sidekick
to
add
components
and
more
• The
PARAGRAPH
SYSTEM
The
reason
CQ
is
selling
:P
Provides
ability
to
drag
and
drop
components.
Making
it
easy
to
customize
templates
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13. Deployment
• Dispatcher
CQ
is
a
powerful
rendering
engine
built
on
powerful
standards.
CQ
runs
with
a
webserver
for
content
delivery.
Makes
Sense
as
well
• Publish
–
Author
relaAonship
ReplicaAon
Agent.
Reverse
ReplicaAon
Agent
• Load
Balancing
and
Clustering
Lives
in
clusters.
Single
instance
is
a
cluster
of
1
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14. Environments
• CQ
Sites–
hPp://localhost:4502/siteadmin
• CRX
–
hPp://localhost:4502/crx/explorer
• Felix
–
hPp://localhost:4502/system/console
• CRXDE
–
hPp://localhost:4502/crxde
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