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Migrating Liferay SDK to Maven – EXT Plugins
This post describes the process of Migrating Liferay EXT plugin projects from SDK to Maven. Maven EXT plugins are set up as multi-module Maven projects. Migrating from the SDK to Maven is pretty easy, but there are some things that you need to be aware of. Creating the Project...
Migrating Liferay SDK to Maven – ServiceBuilder Projects
This posting helps you with the process of migrating Liferay ServiceBuilder projects from SDK to Maven. Migrating Liferay plugin projects from the Liferay SDK to Maven is normally a straight-forward process. ServiceBuilder plugins, however, are structured differently under...
Using DB2’s Native Encryption Feature
With fixpack 5 of DB2 10.5, IBM introduced Native Encryption for data at rest in DB2. This is a fairly significant new feature for introduction in a fixpack. It does require separate licensing - either the Advanced Edition of ESE or WSE or the separate purchase of the Native...
Migrating Liferay SDK to Maven – Projects
Ant-based development used in the Liferay SDK fell out of favor with developers a long time ago; modern build tools such as Maven are now all the rage. Although it took Liferay a while to update the tool chain, Maven is now a supported Liferay build tool. You'll find that...
onconfig_diff comparison tool for Informix onconfig files
How to run diff on Informix configuration (onconfig) files IBM introduced a new tool in Informix 11.70.xC4 called “onconfig_diff”, located under the $INFORMIXDIR/bin directory. This tool will show you the difference between two onconfig files in an easily readable format....
Effective Liferay Production Setup
Many times an incorrect process is used to set up the production application server for Liferay: Download a Liferay bundle. Expand on the server. Start up and go. We cannot emphasize how wrong, wrong, wrong this is. Best practices for a production Liferay setup mandates...
Keep it in Memory, Don’t Forget
20 years ago when I got a 80386 Windows-95 PC with ¾ inch Floppy Drive, 4 MB RAM (I don't remember the HDD capacity – I believe it was around 120MB or so) from my infrastructure guy, I felt like I’m hero on the street advertising to everyone the great piece of hardware I had...
Scheduling Backups on your SQL Server
Shortly after creating a database on your server you should be planning and scheduling your backup. Easy as it sounds it’s often approached incorrectly. Often the decision when to backup is based on when the server resource usage is low. Database Backup maintenance requires a...
Managing Connections to a DB2 Database
Usually only a DBA forces or even views connections to a DB2 database. But in many small companies, people play multiple roles, and I thought I'd share a detailed introduction to how to look at and force off connections to a DB2 database. All details and examples here are...
4 Prerequisites for Enterprise AngularJS Applications
Here are 4 prerequisites for Enterprise AngularJS Applications, everyone should pay attention to. This will help in achieving successful and timely delivery of quality enterprise AngularJS applications.