Most helpful resources for beginners
One of the most frequently asked questions about Alfresco is
what resources are the most helpful when starting to learn and
developing with Alfresco. Today I’m going to complete an answer given
in Featured Member questionary last December, with further details and links:
- https://community.alfresco.com/community/connect/blog/2016/12/06/featured-member-cesar-capillas
Some basic and essential resources are Alfresco
documentation, Community Forums, Alfresco Addons, and of course the
well known, Alfresco Developer Series.
- Alfresco Docs:
- http://docs.alfresco.com/
- Alfresco Community Forums and Blogs
- https://community.alfresco.com/
- Alfresco Addons
- https://addons.alfresco.com/
- Alfresco Developer Series:
- http://ecmarchitect.com/alfresco-developer-series
- https://github.com/jpotts/alfresco-developer-series
Packtpub has published some interesting (and recent)
Alfresco Books for reference, written by Alfresco Experts:
- Alfresco One Developer Guide (Second Edition):
- https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/alfresco-one-5x-developer%E2%80%99s-guide-second-edition
- Alfresco Administration:
- https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/alfresco-administrators
- Alfresco CMIS:
- https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/alfresco-cmis
- Learning Webscripts:
- https://www.packtpub.com/web-development/learning-alfresco-web-scripts
Alfresco Blogs are other fantastic resource for tips,
probes of concept, or product vision. Few of them are listed here, but
you may find many more in the Order of the Bee (OOTB) aggregator:
- http://posts.orderofthebee.org/
- http://ecmarchitect.com/
- https://nathanmcminn.com/
- https://blyx.com/
- https://angelborroy.wordpress.com/
Several posts have valious information and guidelines, which are
important and relevant when learning and later. For example:
- Do’s and don’ts of Alfresco Development
- https://nathanmcminn.com/2017/02/10/dos-and-donts-of-alfresco-developmen
- Alfresco Antipatterns:
- http://ecmarchitect.com/archives/2014/06/26/3896
- Awesome Alfresco addons
- https://github.com/bhagyas/awesome-alfresco
- The great value of Alfresco Jar Modules
- https://community.alfresco.com/people/lcabaceira/blog/2016/12/14/maven-best-practices-for-alfresco
I also enjoy with the Alfresco whitepapers. This is
a compilation of them. Good reading!!
- Alfresco Reference Architecture:
- https://www.alfresco.com/sites/www.alfresco.com/files//alfresco_one_5.1_on-premises_reference_architecture.pdf
- Alfresco Zero Day Configuration Guide
- https://www.alfresco.com/cmis/browser?id=workspace%3A//SpacesStore/006ee253-2a01-4e0e-b4e8-7e74aaf5fbc7
- Alfresco Security Best Practices
- https://summit.alfresco.com/cmis/views/workspace%253A%252F%252FSpacesStore%252Fb3c0acd7-dea9-435e-b1b2-7269b65e39a5
- Alfresco Backups and Disaster Recovery
- https://summit.alfresco.com/cmis/views/workspace%253A%252F%252FSpacesStore%252F8372097f-fdd6-491c-8ca5-b5520e3ba6e5
- Alfresco Scalability Blueprint
- https://www.alfresco.com/resources/whitepapers/alfresco-scalability-blueprint
- Alfresco Sizing Guide
- https://www.alfresco.com/resources/whitepapers/alfresco-one-51-sizing-guide
- Alfresco Monitoring
- https://es.slideshare.net/miguel220369/guide-to-alfresco-monitoring
- Alfresco AWS
- https://www.alfresco.com/sites/www.alfresco.com/files/alfresco_one_on_aws_reference_deployment_1.0.pdf
Finally consider Youtube resources too:
- Alfresco Office Hours –> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyJdWuUHM3iiSXz6ijJVFQKRhbbnl_YPI
- Alfresco Talk Tech Live –> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyJdWuUHM3ihfB2LNHTHn7iv61FLrLVCg
