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Suggested topic area: Writing extensions (user features) for Liberty runtime

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Documentation
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked Knowledge Center page and the issue context, then check with Alasdair about priority as requested. Before work begins, clarify which extension user features should be documented and what documentation scope is expected; completion depends on that agreed scope.

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Description

content design needed

From reviewing the KC (so check with Alasdair and prioritise).

Re KC info here and linked from here: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSAW57_liberty/com.ibm.websphere.wlp.nd.multiplatform.doc/ae/cwlp_prod_ext.html

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Stars
14
Forks
58
Avg merge
1h 4m
Merged PRs (30d)
21

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