4.0.0

uPortal 4.0.0 GA announcement

Jasig is proud to announce the general audience release of uPortal 4.0.0. Below is a summary of just some of the exciting new features and improvements in the 4.0 release.

• Inter-Portlet Communication via Events

• Resource request support for AJAX and binary content delivery

• ETag based caching support including browser-side ETag pass-through for resource URLs

• New unified layout management interface

• Users may subscribe to optional pre-packaged tabs

• Default skin updated with a clean, modern look and feel

• Provides a better starting point for custom skin development

• Updated mobile theme with jQuery Mobile support

• uMobile native app framework connection features included out of the box

• New unified message file for all view types

• Minor i18n support improvements all over the framework

• New Grouper group service implementation allows use of Grouper groups within uPortal

• CAS Clearpass features and sample implementation included in build

• Portlet Event based searching allowing any portlet to contribute search results to the uPortal Search dialog

• News/RSS

• Google Gadgets

• Portal data file formats defined by XML Schemas

• Simplified import/export code using JAXB

• New user interface for groups and permissions administration

• Delegate administration of groups and permissions

• Unified user management tool that integrates attribute management for local users, swapper utilities, and limited password-reset support.

• Using StAX and XSLTc for improved performance

• Broken out into bite-size components which can be mixed, matched, and quickly customized

• Allows for multiple pipelines with different uses. Two are included, the primary pipeline and a JSON pipeline used by uMobile

• Stack trace of a portlet is logged when it times out

• The current portlet fname and request type is included in the thread name during portlet execution

• Background cleanup of hung portlets to prevent resource leaks

Downloads are available from: http://www.jasig.org/uportal/download/uportal-400
Release notes are available at: https://wiki.jasig.org/display/UPC/4.0.0

I want to thank all of the developers that have spent the last year and a half that have worked hard to make uPortal a better project.
-Eric Dalquist