Chapter 3. A data-driven portlet made easy
This chapter covers
- Designing a portlet for database interaction
- Liferay’s Service Builder code generator
- Architecting applications using DAOs and DTOs
- Defining relationships using Service Builder
For the rest of this book, we’ll use a case study to illustrate the examples. You’ll be building a site for a fictitious company. The example company is a combination of two things I love: fountain pens and technology. Normally, you wouldn’t expect those to go together, but as you’ll see, this may be possible (at least in theory).
If you’re a business entrepreneur who wants to pursue this idea, you have my blessing. Just know that I had the idea first, so I’ll be looking for my cut.
3.1. Introducing ...
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