Aikau is available on GitHub at: https://github.com/Alfresco/Aikau
The official documentation is at: http://docs.alfresco.com'
Aikau Framework
Aikau is a UI framework that was developed by Alfresco and included in the Alfresco 4.2 release. It was expanded and developed further Alfresco One 5.0. Unlike the majority of Alfresco source code it can be found in its own GitHub repository (https://github.com/Alfresco/Aikau). The project is managed on its own JIRA board (https://issues.alfresco.com/jira/secure/RapidBoard.jspa?rapidView=322&view=planning). There are weekly backwards compatible releases.
The framework consists of a method of loading and defining UI widgets and also includes the widgets that have been built using it.
Usage
4.2
5.0
4.2 areas, plus:
- Live Search
- Filtered Search Page
- Search Management Page
- Site Management Page
- Analytics and Reporting Widgets
- Page Creator
- Document List prototype
Aikau Documentation
There are lots of resources to help developers with the Aikau framework, however these resources are spread out over various different sites. This page serves to collate the resources and act as a single point of reference.
Alfresco's Official Documentation
Tutorials (currently Alpha):
Introduction
Introducing Aikau: http://blogs.alfresco.com/wp/developer/2014/02/26/introducing-aikau/ (Dave Draper)
Community Tutorial
Working with the new Aikau framework in Alfresco Share 4.2 http://ohej.github.io/alfresco-tutorials/tutorial/aikau/tutorial.html and the blog post that accompanied it: http://ohej.dk/2014/07/tutorial-about-the-aikau-framework-in-alfresco-share/ (Ole Hejlskov)
Summit 2013 Videos
Summit 2014 Sessions
Slides and demo videos:
Tech Talk Lives
Mini Examples
Using Aikau With Other UI Frameworks
Share Extension modules
Aikau extensions are done via the extension module approach that was introduced in Alfresco 4.0:
with Aikau specific examples:
Third Party Aikau Extensions
- Alfresco-inboxes (Paolo Predonzani)
Aikau Widget Documentation
Why did we choose the name Aikau?
The Aikau framework is named after the legendary Hawaiian Surfer Eddie Aikau, named because the framework sits atop Surf.