My experience is that Liferay 6.x is excellent. It is even better with the addition of Liferay IDE.

This guide walks through the following topics related to setting up your local Windows environment for Liferay development using Liferay IDE:

• Installing Liferay IDE
• Liferay Plugins SDK Installation and Configuration in Liferay IDE
• Liferay Portal Configuration in Liferay IDE
• Developing and Deploying HelloWorld Portlet in Liferay IDE

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Software and versions used for the screenshots in this tutorial are:

• Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
• Eclipse Helios 3.6.x
• Liferay IDE 1.1.x
• Liferay Portal 6.0.5
• Tomcat 6.0.26
• Liferay Plugins SDK 6.0.2