Plugins SDK development environment

Plugins SDK is a simple environment for plugins development such as Ext (Ext stands for extension) plugins, themes, layout templates, portlets, hooks, and webs (web applications). It is completely different from the Liferay portal core services as it uses external services portal-service only if required.

In order to set up the development environment, Plugins SDK for development, customization, deployment, and debugging, we need to consider the following aspects: required tools, databases, application servers, IDE (Integrated Development Environment), portal runtime bundle, and portal source code. We will have a deeper look at these aspects.

Of course, you can use Liferay Developer Studio, where all aspects are packaged as one simple bundle or Liferay IDE. Liferay IDE is an extension of the Eclipse platform that supports development of plugins projects such as portlets, hooks, layout templates, themes, and Ext plugins—as you can see, webs...