Ideas around providing developers with frameworks and tools that enable performant, upgrade-safe extensions to the Alfresco Digital Business Platform, including design, event consumption, REST APIs, and deployment.

1. Alfresco DBP Builder Experience (Future)
Ray Gauss
Architect for Platform Services

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3. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
My Alfresco History
2006 2007 2011 2016 2017
Alfresco
Shared Components / Frameworks
Deployment
Messaging
Event Gateway
Identity Service
API Gateway
…

4. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
Context
DBP Builder(s) Experience
• APS
• ACS
• AGS
• Identity Service
• Event Gateway
• Desktop Sync
…
• Multi-Env: Dev, Test,
Prod
• Business Analysts
• Modelers
• UX
• Front-End Developers
• Back-End Developers
…
• Discovery to
Deployment

5. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
DBP Builder Experience
Maintenance &
Upgrades
Solution
Deployment
Solution
Development
Environment
Deployment /
Provisioning
Discovery &
Learning

6. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
DBP Builder Experience
Maintenance &
Upgrades
Solution
Deployment
Solution
Development
Environment
Deployment /
Provisioning
Discovery &
Learning

9. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
DBP Builder Experience
Maintenance &
Upgrades
Solution
Deployment
Solution
Development
Environment
Deployment /
Provisioning
Discovery &
Learning
Desktop
Helm, Kubernetes, Docker

10. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
DBP Builder Experience
Maintenance &
Upgrades
Solution
Deployment
Solution
Development
Environment
Deployment /
Provisioning
Testing,
Debug
Discovery &
Learning
Design,
Code
UI
Integrate
Content,
Process,
External
Write
Back-end
Code
Define
Bootstrap
Data
File
Plans
Model
Process,
Content,
Forms
Create
Solution

11. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
DBP
Solutions
Today
• ACS
– Content Model
– Rules and Actions
– Bootstrap Content
– …
• APS
– Apps
• Process Definitions
• Service Tasks
• Forms
• …
• ADF UIs
AMP or Simple Jar

12. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
DBP
Solutions
in the
Future
• Process Applications
• Content Models
• Data Models
• Forms
• File Plan
• Bootstrap Content
• Functions and Triggers
• Bootstrap Users
• ADF UIs
...
• Tests
– End to End
– Post-Deploy

13. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
DBP
Solutions
Lifecycle
Alfresco DBP
Lifecycle
Claims
Processing
Solution
HR
Solution
Lifecycle Lifecycle

14. Out-of-Process Extensions

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By brewbooks

16. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
Events

17. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
REST
Java
Client
• Very similar to the JavaScript alfresco-js-api
• Easier to interact with the DBP REST APIs
• May add other languages in the future

18. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
Events

19. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
Functions

20. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
Function
Example

21. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
Function Triggers
Function Definition
Function Trigger Definition

22. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
DBP
Connectors
• Pre-Made Functions and Connectors
• Easily Configurable
• Powerful Combination

23. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
Tooling

24. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
ADF UIs
• Entire App From Scratch
• Leverage Components
• ADF Extensibility Format
• ADF 3.0

25. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
• Powered by ADF
• Safely Inject Your Extensions
• Open Source Community
Add-ons
• Alfresco Partner Extensions
Extend Alfresco Digital Workspace

26. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
PromoteTestDeploy
DBP Builder Experience
Maintenance &
Upgrades
Solution
Deployment
Solution
Development
Environment
Deployment /
Provisioning
Discovery &
Learning

28. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
DBP Builder Experience
Maintenance &
Upgrades
Solution
Deployment
Solution
Development
Environment
Deployment /
Provisioning
Discovery &
Learning
Tracing
Logging Metrics
Solution
Versioning

29. Learn. Connect. Collaborate.
DBP Builder Experience
Maintenance &
Upgrades
Solution
Deployment
Solution
Development
Environment
Deployment /
Provisioning
Discovery &
Learning

30. Thank You
ray.gauss@alfresco.com