Writing JavaScript for Alfresco
As a leading Alfresco partner, we receive a lot of questions on best practices for implementation and usage of the platform. We will begin sharing this ECM knowledge through a series entitled Common Questions. In this installment, we look at a question we received about the best books and resources around writing JavaScript for Alfresco. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us today.
Alfresco 3 Cookbook – Snig Bhaumik
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Packt recently released a new version of the Alfresco Developer Guide as Bindu Wavell, our Chief Architect, is a technical reviewer. The new version can be found here.
Alfresco Development Tutorial – Jeff Potts
The current updates to this book include several recipe-style, step-by-step sections to quickly get things done. This is a go-to book for Alfresco development, but the current edition is old enough that some key things—like how to create an extension project—have changed significantly. A lot of this information comes from Jeff Potts’ Alfresco Development Tutorial series. He has done a great job of keeping this series up to date.
Another book from Packt that talks about writing JavaScript and Java for WebScripts can be seen here. It’s quite a bit newer than the previous one and is focused on WebScripts rather than covering more general topics.
You can also view Bindu’s Alfresco Summit presentation where he talks about creating JavaScript administration scripts.
Another great new resource is the Alfresco community site. This is a Jive platform site that has all the old forum and wiki content, but also a lot of activity from the community. It’s a great place to ask development questions and get answers from true rockstars in the community.
Finally, we would be remiss if we didn’t mention that the developer documentation at Alfresco has improved drastically over the past year and a half. You may find some good info here.