Client: Leading vendor of Enterprise Web Content Management. With the innovative and reliable solutions are built for customers ranging from modern, informative Websites to powerful, consumer-facing portals requiring integrations with enterprise software. The company's software is used by medium- to-large enterprises in a range of sectors. Customers include KPN, Asics, DaimlerChrysler, Nashuatec, Centocor, SBS Broadcasting, Schiphol Group, Reed Business and others.
Project aim: GX WebManager is an enterprise class CMS, that was recently moved from monolit architecture and data access, with proprietary scripting language SiteWorks to component based design, using OSGi Java components, Spring MVC derivative framework and JCR as content storage layer. Project was initially centered on production of WCBs (OSGi components for WebManager), but later evolved into core development of the WebManager CMS.
Development ranged from JCR based entity manager, online help system and monitoring consoles to web service integrations and installer (Windows/Linux) packages creation.
Technologies: Java SE 5+, OSGi, JCR, Spring MVC, SiteWorks, Maven2.