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Alfresco Content Services 5.2.3 ยป Developer guide

Alfresco SDK 3.0

Alfresco SDK 3.0 is a Maven based development kit that provides an easy to use approach to developing applications and extensions for Alfresco. With this SDK you can develop, package, test, run, document and release your Alfresco extension project.

For earlier releases of the Alfresco SDK, see the Previous versions section of http://docs.alfresco.com.

The Alfresco Software Development Kit (Alfresco SDK) is a fundamental tool provided by Alfresco to developers to build customizations and extensions for the Alfresco Digital Business Platform. It is based on Apache Maven and is compatible with major IDEs. This enables Rapid Application Development (RAD) and Test Driven Development (TDD).

Alfresco SDK 3.0 is released under Apache License version 2.0 and supports Alfresco Content Services both in Community Edition and Enterprise Edition. If you're an Enterprise customer, please check the Alfresco SDK Support status for the version you're using. If your version is in Limited or Full Support and you need help, contact our Support team http://support.alfresco.com.

Alfresco SDK 3.0 is a major update to the SDK and provides several improvements on the previous releases.

The 3.0 release takes advantage of Semantic Versioning (SEMVER), which means that this new release is not directly compatible with the previous releases of the SDK.
Note: If you have existing projects that you wish to upgrade to SDK 3.0.x, the recommended approach is to generate a new project from our archetypes and move your code into place.
  • What's new? Alfresco SDK 3.0 brings a lot of new changes into the way your customizations are built, packaged, run, and tested. Below a list of the major improvements and enhancements.
  • Getting started with Alfresco SDK 3.0 Use these instructions to get started with using Alfresco SDK 3.0.
  • Introduction to Maven archetypes The Alfresco SDK 3.0 comes with a number of Maven archetypes that can be used to generate Alfresco extension projects.
  • Introduction to project structures After generating your project, using one of the Maven archetypes, review the project structure. The directory structure and content of each folder and file can help you to understand how to start developing with the Alfresco SDK 3.0.
  • Setting up your development environment The Maven Alfresco SDK is designed to work well with Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA.
  • Advanced topics This information provides more advanced topics that you might come in contact with when you have been working with an SDK project for a while. We will have a look at how you can add more custom modules to an All-in-One project, and more.
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