From dotCMS Boot Camp 2010. High-level slides from presentation on how to configure plugins in dotCMS and a focus on plugin development in Velocity and Java.

1. Plugin Training
How to extend and add
functionality to the dotCMS

2. Who Can Use Plugins?
System Admins
Java Developers
Web Developers
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3. What Can I Do?
Macros
Config
tinyMCE
Velocity Tooling
Custom Java
JSP
Backend Tooling
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4. How Do They Work?
Build/Compile
Deploy
Configuration
Properties
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5. dotCMS Architecture
Current Status
Future Development- New Architecture
Legacy VS New Code
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6. Plugin Development
Viewtools
Macros
Struts
Portlets
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7. Setting up the Development
Environment
Downloading dotCMS Code: SVN
Eclipse (Plugins)
Debug Environment
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8. Other Things You Can Do
Plugin Deployer
Servlet
Filter
Struts/Tiles
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9. Infrastructure
Cache
HibernateUtils
dotConnect
Lucene
Inode & Tree
Services
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