Summary
In this chapter, we have learned what Liferay Portal is. We now know the following facts about Liferay Portal:
Liferay Portal is a Java web application
Liferay Portal is a horizontal portal
Liferay Portal has award-winning features
In addition, we have talked about the environment for Liferay Portal to run, including hardware and software. We have also installed JDK, MySQL database server, and the OpenOffice application.
Now that the infrastructure is set, we are ready to install a Liferay Portal instance on our computer, which is the topic of Chapter 2,Installing a Liferay Portal Instance.