How do I learn to develop and extend Web Quick Start ?

[mvanle]

Hello

I am new to Web Quick Start.

I would like some guidance on learning more about developing and extending Web Quick Start (the "wcmqs.war" is sufficient for me at this time).

I have read

• Alfresco_Web_Quick_Start_User_Help_Enterprise.pdf

and am able to do basic things like customise content, collections, maximum, sort queries by cmis:name, manage translations, publish etc.

I have also had a look at

• http://docs.alfresco.com


• http://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Web_Quick_Start_Developer_Guide (does not look like a good place to start for me)


• http://www.springsurf.org


• http://ecmarchitect.com/alfresco-developer-series


• Some Alfresco books on http://amazon.com


• Google searched: "learn web quick start" "edit template web quick start alfresco" "extend quick start" etc

But I have not been able to find information appropriate for my skill level.

I know a little HTML/CSS, Java SE (basic I/O, JDCB), XML and have years of Linux experience … that's about it

What I would like to do is start creating my own Web Quick Start templates so that I can customise the template mapping. I saw some stuff in the forums about modifying WEB-INF\pages, WEB-INF\templates, WEB-INF\webscripts but I don't understand the WAR architecture.

In the long term I would like to progress to more complex things with Web Quick Start eg. hacking Alfresco repository or making addons.

Do I need to learn

• JSP/JSF


• SpringSurf


• Webscripts


• JavaScript

?

Can somebody give me a bit more guidance on what I need ?

I understand the learning curve may be a bit high for me at this time (but I am willing to persevere).

The closest thing I could find to a step-by-step tutorial is the "Spring Surf Tutorial" (and the basic Alfresco guides), but I'm not sure if these are the places to start learning Web Quick Start or SpringSurf in general (I would prefer to focus only on Web Quick Start customisations at this time).

Thanks !

[jpotts]

Thank you for posting the list of things you've tried so far. Your post is a great example of how to ask for (and receive) help.

I agree that we do not have a great walkthrough of Web Quick Start for people that are completely new.

I see that you mentioned the Alfresco Developer Series page on ecmarchitect.com (thank you), but did you happen to come across this post?
http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2011/01/06/1254

It shows a simple customization of Web Quick Start called DeckShare and provides the high-level steps that go from out-of-the-box Web Quick Start to the resulting DeckShare site.

Jeff

[mvanle]

I see that you mentioned the Alfresco Developer Series page on ecmarchitect.com (thank you), but did you happen to come across this post?
http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2011/01/06/1254

I did see something about DeckShare but was not sure

I will take another look.

Thanks Jeff !