Liferay DEVCON 2016: A DXP view framework comparison | P. Mesotten & K. Olaerts, ACA IT-Solutions

Liferay developers have traditionally had the freedom to choose in whatever web framework they’d like to implement their portlet. Some devs play safe and stick as close as possible to the Liferay MVC framework using JSPs and low-level portlet classes. Others just love how frameworks like JSF and Vaadin eliminate the need to write Javascript and provide the developer with ready-to-use component libraries and built-in constructs for doing form validation, conversion, lazy loading, … And then there are the daredevils who attempt to make single page application frameworks like AngularJS play nicely with the portal. With the arrival of Liferay DXP, nothing has really changed. Or has it? Due to the modular architecture of DXP, the choice for some frameworks today might not be as optimal as it was in the past. We assessed the compatibility of 4 big view frameworks (Liferay MVC, JSF, Vaadin, AngularJS) with Liferay DXP - their advantages but also their constraints. This talk gives you the all the input you need to choose the right framework for the job.

Peter Mesotten: Peter is 32 years old, lives in Belgium and is a proud dad of a three-year-old boy. He has been working with Liferay since joining ACA IT-Solutions, an IT company specializing in Java and Java-based ECM solutions for the Benelux. It all started off by rebuilding the company website in Liferay Portal, version 5.1.1 at the time. The size of ACA's Liferay team quickly increased while he took on the role of coaching and mentoring the newbies.Peter has been given the opportunity to present at Liferay roadshows, symposia, user group meetings and has also assisted in implementing ACA's Marketplace portlets. Nowadays, Peter takes on the role of technical lead in Liferay projects. Since October 2013, he proudly calls himself a Certified Liferay Professional.

Koen Olaerts: Koen is a 31 year old Belgian. In 2010 he joined ACA IT-Solutions, an IT company specializing in Java and Java-based ECM solutions. Soon after he became part of the Portal development team. Over the years, Koen gained lots of experience through several Liferay projects and became a Certified Liferay Developer. In his spare time, Koen plays basketball and occasionally tastes the better Belgian beers.