RL062 David Nebinger

Radio Liferay

A conversation with David Nebinger, the number one contributor on the Liferay forums, about frequently asked questions.

• David's history with Liferay, reaching back to version 4.x
• Should I use an ext-plugin and what problem does it seem to solve? (TL;DR: No)
• 10:35 Should I make changes to the database? (TL;DR: No)
  • But... I need to add a column to the built-in tables...
  • Liferay's Expando API (Custom Fields)
  • What changes to the database might do to your future upgrades
  • The alternative to change data directly
• Fake Entities (a ServiceBuilder feature that was of good use in earlier versions but is now well superceded by just standard OSGi Declarative Services)
• Things Liferay won't say. Full article, well worth a read
  • What Appserver should I use?
  • How should I build my portlets?
  • What database should I use?
• Why doesn't Liferay tell me how to size my cluster?
• Devcon 2019:
  • David's upcoming presentation on "Programmatically loading your site with content"
  • His interest in Headless features of Liferay
  • His recommendation to come to the Unconference
• How to come up with the topics for David's blog articles, and what's in his queue
• Why should I use ServiceBuilder?
• More reasons to come to Devcon ;)

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1. Introduction (00:00:05)

2. Should I make changes to the database? (00:10:40)

3. Fake Entities (00:17:52)

4. Things Liferay won't say (00:20:10)

5. Why doesn't Liferay tell me how to size my cluster? (00:25:57)

6. Devcon 2019 (00:31:43)

7. How David comes up with content for his blog articles, and what's in his queue (00:36:15)

8. Why should I use ServiceBuilder? (00:40:15)

9. More reasons to come to Devcon (in the closing thoughts) (00:44:04)