Best practices for templates development

[PIRONET Benoît]

Hello,



I'd like to develop some custom template for jahia but it seems not very easy to each time create a jar, put it in new_templates/<mySite> directory and wait for the template to appears in the list.



Is there some best practices to develop jahia template like:

- How to change a template while it is already deployed (change jsp directly)

- How to debug the templates correctly ? (because a big stack with NullPointerException is not very clear for debugging purpose)



By the way, where can I find resources about developing for jahia anywhere else than the www.jahia.net website ?



Thank you in advance,



Benoit Pironet

Junior Consultant
SWORD Technologies
105, route d'Arlon
L-8009 Strassen
G.D. de Luxembourg

Tel: [phone]

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[Stephane Monier]

Greetings,

You will find all the necessary documentation at the following URL : http://www.jahia.net/jahia/Jahia/site/jahia_net/pid/585
.

Regarding template development, I strongly recommend that you read the
template developer guide available at http://www.jahia.net/jahia/webdav/site/jahia_net/shared/Documentation/5.0.3/Jahia5TemplateDeveloperGuide.pdf
.
This guide should give you a good understanding and directions on how
to build your templates.

Kind regards,

Stephane Monier

Jahia Solutions Group
***@jahia.com
Jahia The Open Unified Web Platform

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Post by PIRONET Benoît
Hello,
I’d like to develop some custom template for jahia but it seems not
very easy to each time create a jar, put it in new_templates/
<mySite> directory and wait for the template to appears in the list.
- How to change a template while it is already deployed (change jsp directly)
- How to debug the templates correctly ? (because a big
stack with NullPointerException is not very clear for debugging
purpose)
By the way, where can I find resources about developing for jahia
anywhere else than the www.jahia.net website ?
Thank you in advance,
Benoit Pironet
Junior Consultant
SWORD Technologies
105, route d'Arlon
L-8009 Strassen
G.D. de Luxembourg
Tel: [phone]
http://www.sword-technologies.com/
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