Liferay Portal Enterprise Intranets: A practical guide to building a complete corporate intranet with Liferay [Paperback]

Jonas X. Yuan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 2008

Learn, with the help of practical examples, how to implement a complete corporate intranet using the features of Liferay. This book is for System Administrators or experienced users (not necessarily programmers) who want to install and use Liferay in their teams or businesses without dealing with complex code. Pre-knowledge of Liferay is not expected for this book.

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About the Author

Jonas X. Yuan is a senior technical analyst at CIGNEX. Jonas holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Zurich, where he focused on Integrity Control in Federated Database Systems. He earned his M.S and B.S. degrees in China, where he conducted research on expert systems for predicting landslides. Jonas is experienced in Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Previously, he has worked as a Project Manager and a Technical Architect in Web GIS (Geographic Information System). He has deep, hands on, skills in J2EE technologies. In particular, he developed a BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) Engine called BPELPower from scratch in NASA data center. He also has strong experience on content management within the context of medical-legal billing case management. Furthermore, he is an expert in Content Management Systems (CMS) such as Alfresco, and Portals such as Liferay.

Product Details

• Paperback: 408 pages
• Publisher: Packt Publishing (April 28, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1847192726
• ISBN-13: 978-1847192721
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,320,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Not so great, August 12, 2008

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B. Larson - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liferay Portal Enterprise Intranets: A practical guide to building a complete corporate intranet with Liferay (Paperback)

English is not the author's native language, and in this case it definitely causes some readability issues.

My biggest gripes, however, are with the content itself... or should I say lack of content. If you just stumbled into the concept of portals today and completely missed the documentation on the Liferay website then perhaps this book is for you. Otherwise, save your money and read the installation instructions from Liferay and just play with the software for ten minutes.

The interesting bits in the book are all generalized and only vaguely helpful. It's more like a product demonstration than an actual guide.

I almost gave the book two stars, but I became so frustrated trying to find anything useful in the index this morning that I chucked it into the recycle bin. On second thought, maybe I'll just donate it to the library.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Out of date, April 15, 2009

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Joel A. Rand - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liferay Portal Enterprise Intranets: A practical guide to building a complete corporate intranet with Liferay (Paperback)

This book is targeted for Liferay version 4. Do not buy this book if you've downloaded the latest Liferay release (5.2.x). Aside from the fact that this book is out of date with respect to the version, the grammar in this book made my brain ache; I couldn't read a paragraph without thinking "no professional could have written this book". I do not blame the author because he is clearly "not from 'round here"; I blame the publisher who must not be able to afford a technical editor with English grammar skills. Anyway, wait for the next version and hope that they have hired a skilled editor...

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good book, August 5, 2008

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Stephane Paquet (Le Plessis Robinson, France) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Liferay Portal Enterprise Intranets: A practical guide to building a complete corporate intranet with Liferay (Paperback)

This book covers install and basic usage of Liferay.
It's a great book for beginners as it helps understanding via a "classic" example how to operate in real life Liferay portal.
Installation of liferay is depicted for Tomcat, but once you are familiar with other application server it takes no time to move from Tomcat to an other one.
Then you quickly learn how to creat users, groups, organzation and how to play with localization, add portlets and management content.
This book does not cover how to develop portlets and should be seen for admin or user who are willing to use Liferay without having to develop portlets or any other components.