Deployment options
There are two possible ways you can have your web scripts deployed:
Using the repository option
Using the filesystem option
When creating web scripts in Alfresco, you might be creating Java-backed or JavaScript-backed web scripts for your project. Both can be deployed in different ways. It is important to know where you can deploy a web script with each deployment option and also which option is more suitable to you.
The repository option
In simple words, deploying a web script using the repository option means putting the web script component files inside a specific location within the repository.
First, let's take a look at the deployment of JavaScript-based web scripts. JavaScript-based web scripts can be deployed in the Alfresco repository. All the components for the JavaScript-based web script such as the description document, JavaScript-backed controller implementation, one or more response templates, configuration documents if any, and optional message bundles can be...