This document will guide Java developers who are new to Gentics Portal.Node on their first steps in the exciting world of Portlet development. We will focus on setting up the SDK including Eclipse and Tomcat, which establish the most common Java Development Environment. Developers who are used to other IDEs should also be able to apply the given instructions. We suggest sticking to the provided sequence of chapters since examples will become more and more challenging throughout the guide.
Table 1.1. Overview of other documents and information sources
| Gentics Portal.Node SDK Guide | Step by step guide for installation and learning development and implementation of Gentics Portal.Node portals and portlets. In this interactive guide, you'll find examples to nearly every feature. |
| Gentics Portal.Node SDK Welcome View | Launch and experience the two sample portals packaged with the SDK, launch the most important documentation in eclipse, launch the eclipse cheat sheets.
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| Gentics Portal.Node SDK Cheat Sheets | Use cheat sheets for guidence through common tasks, like starting a portal instance, or creating a portlet.
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| Gentics Portal.Node Reference | Describes how the configuration and the features of the portalserver work. |
| Gentics Portal.Node API | Java API for developing portlets, and portal extensions. |
| Gentics Infoportal | Read articles and further information, download addons and more. |
| Support | Are you stuck and need help, contact our professional support team. |
Your fingers are itching to start some coding? First things first! The next chapter will help you to get your copy of Gentics Portal.Node SDK up and running.