eXo Platform 3.0

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## Chapter 1. Introduction

## Welcome to eXo Platform

eXo Platform 3.0, the user experience platform for Java, is comprised of Core and Extended Services.

- Core Services

  - GateIn Portal: a powerful framework for developing portlets and other web-based user interfaces

  - eXo Content: extends portal-based applications with Enterprise Content Management (ECM) capabilities

    - eXo WCM: web content management services

    - eXo CMIS: an implementation of the full stack of Java-based CMIS (Content Management Interoperability Specification) services on top of eXo WCM

    - eXo Workflow: integrated BPM (business process management) capabilities

  - eXo IDE: an intuitive web-based development environment that allows developers to build, test and deploy client applications (such as gadgets and mashups) and REST-ful services online

  - CRaSH: enables easy browsing of JCR trees, and serves as a shell for executing JCR operations

- Extended Services

  - eXo Social: a framework for building gadgets that can display and mash-up activity information for contacts, social networks, applications and services

  - eXo Collaboration: easily add Mail, Chat, Calendar and Address Book services to portal-based web applications

  - eXo Knowledge: adds Forum, Answers and FAQ functionality to portal-based apps, for collecting, organizing and sharing user knowledge

eXo Platform is a fully supported and commercially licensed product based on eXo open source projects. Designed for enterprise use, it has been packaged and tested to optimize production readiness and administration. eXo Platform runs on JBoss, Spring, Tomcat, WebSphere, and other Java applications servers, and can be used with most relational database systems, including MySQL and Oracle.

## Who should read this guide?

This guide describes how to get started with eXo Platform, specifically for

- System Integrators : developers who want to know how to leverage eXo Platform in their customer projects.

- Enterprise IT : developers that need to customize and deploy a portal in their enterprise.

This guide introduces the eXo architecture, and shows developers how to perform some of the most common tasks needed for working with the Platform. It also serves as an entry point for the Reference Guide, which provides more in-depth technical detail about eXo Platform 3.0.

At the end, you will be able to create your own portal customization with eXo Platform .

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