Time for action – finding the source code of Liferay Portal

Liferay, Inc. hosts its community edition source code at the SourceForge site (http://sourceforge.net/projects/lportal/).

It also hosts its latest version of source code at its own site at http://www.liferay.com/downloads/liferay-portal/available-releases.

Now, paste the previously-mentioned URL in your browser address box, click on the Enter key, and take a look at those packages.

What just happened?

Every release of Liferay Portal comes with the source code. You can compile and build the portal from the source code, if you choose to do so. You can study the source code to learn how Spring and Hibernate are used. You can modify the source code and re-build the portal if you like.

Note

Please note that Liferay Portal is also bundled in popular open source servlet containers or application servers in every release. It is easier to directly install with these bundles.

These are only some of the advantages of using an open source portal product.

Pop quiz – multiple choices

Which of the following statements are true about Liferay Portal?

a. Liferay Portal is a Java web application

b. Liferay Portal was first developed for a non-profit organization

c. Liferay Portal is an open source portal product

d. All of the above