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SNAPBUILD FOR CQ5Innovative Tools to Increase Productivity

Richard Brown , Chief Technology Officer3|SHARE

CONSULTING | TRAINING | ROM

OUR FOCUS

•3|SHARE provides Clients with three core offerings focused solely on CQ5.

1. Consulting

a) Expert Services

b) Deployment

c) On|Demand™

2. Training

3. Remote Operations Management™ (ROM)

4. SnapBuild for CQ5

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3|SHARE – INNOVATIVE TOOLS

Initial Release 3|SHARE Maven Build + Source Code Repository

+ Jenkins

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3|SHARE – INNOVATIVE TOOLS

Next ReleaseEclipse Plugin – Drag & Drop CQ5 Application

Development

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Business is the Ultimate Competition

FASTER

BETTER

CHEAPER

Why is it needed?

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Why did we build it?

• CRXDE is great for learning…Not so great for projects.• CRXDE Lite is great for quick changes…Not so great for

projects.• Maven is Painful

• Make Developers More Efficient• Reduce the learning curve for new developers• Standardize a build layout across the community• Jumpstart projects• Help Adobe sell licenses

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What improved tools did Marketing get?• Campaign Management• Campaign Tracking• Analytics• Test & Target• Social

What improved tools did Content Authors get?• CQ5 Advanced Interface• Mobile Editing• Instant Activation 24x7x365• Scene 7

In the past few years…

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What improved tools did Development get?

In the past few years…

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How did you learn development in CQ5?

Just Reading Documentation?From a Friend?

They Teach it in College?

3|SHARE – SNAPBUILD FOR CQ5A trip down memory lane

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You Probably Started with 4 Day Adobe Developer Training

• The CQ5 User Interfaces• OSGi and Apache Sling• David’s Content Model• Installation• Create a Template• Create Multiple Scripts/Renderers for the “Page” Component• Inheritance• Create a Design• Create a Title Component• Creating OSGi Bundles• …….

CQ5 DEVELOPER – MEMORY LANEHow we learned CQ5

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Set up your first projectCreate a handful of directories

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Create a Template and Component

• Create a new Template in the Templates folder.• Point it to a “Page” Component that doesn’t exist yet• Create the “Page” Component.• Inherit from the Foundation Page Component

Questions You May Have Asked Yourself• What is this sling:resourceType and Page Component thing all about?• How do I assign my CSS?• How do I reuse code without copying the header and footer to every

template?• What is this sling:superResourceType?

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Create a CQ5 Design

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Copy CSS and Images

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Assign the Design

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Post Training Questions

• How do I share my code with teammates?• Source Control exists but only Subversion?• How do I build my code to:

• Development• QA• Production

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Post Training Conclusion

It’s Pretty High Touch

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Maven – Bring the Pain!

CQ5 DEVELOPER – MAVEN BUILDSIs there a better way?

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The Build is Broke Again!

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Questions About Maven

• What is pom.xml?• What are dependencies? Which ones do I need?• Maven Vault Plugin?• Maven Layout Best Practices?• What is the output of my build?

• Packages? • Jar Files? • Direct push to CRX?

• How do I create multiple applications in my build?

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The Bottom Line

Builds Take Time To Set UpBuilds Take Time Learn

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SnapBuild for CQ5

3|SHARE Claim: All of this is unnecessary!

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SnapBuild Plugin Features

• Auto Generated Maven Build• Simplified Interface in a Familiar IDE• Integration with Source Control• Push Button Deployments

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SnapBuild Plugin Features

• Drag & Drop • Template, Components, Designs, Servlets, Java Classes,

Configurations, etc.

• Auto Generate • Base Template• Homepage Template• Common Configurations with Run Mode Support• Seed Content

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SnapBuild DemoStart the Timer! 5 Minutes Max

Create a ProjectDeploy to Local CQ

Check into GIT RepositoryView Home Page on Amazon Server

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SnapBuild Roadmap – 4th Quarter 2013

• Auto Generated Maven Layout• Auto Generated Templates and Content• Auto Generated Configurations• Overlay Support• Common Code and Configurations• Servlet Wizard• Multiple Application Support• Push Button Deployments• CQ Version Switching

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SnapBuild Roadmap – 1st Quarter 2014

• Auto Generated Documentation• Templates• Components• Inheritance• Servlets

• Simplified Dialog Creation – Annotations• Test Case Generation

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Are you interested?

As we Approach GAWe will be on Twitter

We will message all Attendees

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