First time on: Entando

I'm currently studying an open source software called Entando. It's a Java platform to develop websites, built with maven.
I wanna guide you in my exploration.

The code is hosted under github and the main documentation is in the Entando core repository. The project consists of the following parts:

• entando-core : the main core of the project
• entando-components : a collection ot addons
• edo : a code generator (very goooood :D)
• entando-ux-packages : a collection a sample applications
• entando-archetypes : maven archetypes to create easily web-applications and components

Requirements:

• Java JDK (on Ubuntu I usually use the following guide)
• Maven (This is the official guide)
• Git (at the moment is not necessary, but I love it! here the guide)
• Eclipse (no, not the book!)
• Ant (at the moment is not necessary)

First Portal

I'll try to create my own website starting from archetypes. I type in my shell the following command:

mvn archetype:generate -Dfilter=entando

I found many archetypes, but the first I wanna try is: entando-archetype-portal-bootstrap, that allows me to create a portal with a bootstrap template. Once selected the archetype, the current version is 4.2.0-TP1). I used the following parameters:

• groupId : com.thedumb.entando (my package)
• artifactId : thedumb
• version : the default (1.0-SNAPSHOT)
• package : com.thedumb.entando

The command creates a folder named like the artifactId (thedumb). Now the portal is ready to be started with the following command:

mvn clean jetty:run

and open the the page http://localhost:8080/thedumb/ in the browser.

The first time the portal is started, it populates a DB (default is a standalone derby DB).

The main user id admin, with password adminadmin. You can find the back-office main page at http://localhost:8080/thedumb/do/main.action

The next time I wanna explore the Entando back-office and create a simple web-application.

By.

TeD