Developer mode does not work

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.2.0 CE GA1
• Fix Version/s: 6.2.X EE, Master
• Component/s: Core Infrastructure, Core Infrastructure > Caching Infrastructure, Documentation, UI Infrastructure > Themes Infrastructure
• Labels:
  • QA-C
• Environment: Ubuntu linux 12.04 ; tomcat
• Branch Version/s:
  6.2.x
• Backported to Branch:
  Committed
• Liferay Contributor's Agreement:
  Accept
• Similar Issues: Show 5 results ; ;

  LPS-19878	CacheFilter can not be deactivated (in development mode)
  LPS-18076	Deployment of an exploded web application does not work if the docBase Attribute contains variables
  LPS-2387	POP Notifications does not work in secure mode
  LPS-30894	Language keys used in javascript files (modules) are not translated by LanguageFilter when working in developer mode
  LPS-16686	Document.fm.enctype does not work on IE

The developer mode does not work.

Steps to reproduce :

• Follow the steps documented here to activate developer mode : https://www.liferay.com/fr/documentation/liferay-portal/6.2/development/-/ai/using-developer-mode-with-themes-liferay-portal-6-2-dev-guide-09-en
• Create and install a theme
• Change a theme file (velocity template or css file) directly from tomcat's webapps folder.
• Refresh your browser

Expected result :

• Any change made in tomcat's folder should be immediately visible when refreshing the browser.

Results :

• The change made are not visible, probably due to a cache that is not deactivated.

Notes :

• Sometime, the first change after a fresh deployment is seen, all the others are ignored.
• The same problem arise when we copy the content of portal-developer.properties instead of adding it to CATALINA_OPTS
• This issue slows our integration team by obliging them to package and redeploy their theme at each change.

[Denis Signoretto]

As reported in the following threads:

• https://www.liferay.com/it/community/forums/-/message_boards/message/31533612
• http://zeroturnaround.com/forums/topic/liferay-theme/#post-38392

in Liferay 6.2, after removal of velocity.engine.resource.manager.cache.enabled
it seems that portal-developer.properties should be modified to
disable velocity tempate caching (like it happen for Freemarker)
setting velocity.engine.resource.manager.modification.check.interval=0