This chapter explains how to use the extension environment for the most common development activities. After creating the environment you should see the following directories: /ext/classes, /ext/downloads, /ext/ext-impl, /ext/ext-lib, /ext/ext-service, /ext/ext-web, /ext/lib, /ext/modules, /ext/portlets, /ext/servers, /ext/sql, /ext/themes and /ext/tools. The file /ext/readme.txt contains basic instructions on how to deploy the extension EAR on the various application servers.

The following sections explain the purpose of each of the subdirectory and the tasks that can be performed from them.