Professional Sitecore 8 Development (eBook)

What you'll learn

• How to develop solutions on the Sitecore platform
  
• How to come up to speed on Sitecore without going through a training class. Best practices for Sitecore development.
  
• How to build front-end (HTML, CSS, Angular, etc.) solutions as well as back-end (C#) solutions on Sitecore.
  
• How to incorporate design patterns into your Sitecore solutions.
  
• Advanced Sitecore development techniques.
  

Who This Book Is For

The book is a developer's companion, both front end and back end developers. The target audience is both developers who have zero Sitecore experience, as well as seasoned veterans looking for advanced best practices. A secondary audience would be Sitecore administrators who would benefit from discussions around performance tuning and security.

Phil Wicklund is a regional practice manager (responsible for the Sitecore team) at RBA, Inc. He provides managerial, operational, and profit/loss oversight across RBA's portals, business intelligence, enterprise social, collaboration, and managed services teams within RBA's North region. Phil started working in IT in 2003 and has since designed and deployed many dozens of large-scale enterprise solutions, including many for Fortune 50 companies. As a regional practice manager he owns the profit/loss for his practice which has him performing many activities beyond a typical technologist, such as ownership of a great employee experience, ensuring unparalleled customer satisfaction, opportunity tracking/planning in CRM, pre-sales solution alignment with customers, account strategies, go-to market strategies, marketing/promotion strategies, and fiscal budgetary responsibilities. Phil is currently in his 2nd year of Doctoral studies at the University of St. Thomas. He works to extend his studies in technology and business by deepening his understanding of Organizational Leadership, working toward a dissertation that combines the three disciplines. He hopes to graduate in late 2016 or spring of 2017.

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Structure templates and content within Sitecore, work with integrated tools, and leverage its extensive automation capabilities. Sitecore was recently recognized as one of the most reputable and reliable, enterprise-class web content management solutions (WCMS) available in the marketplace. Thousands of companies are using Sitecore to manage their digital experiences online.Because Sitecore is such a large, complex platform, developers often have a hard time coming up to speed, even after completing a Sitecore training course for developers. However, leveraging the design patterns and other practices laid out in this book will make that transition much easier.Professional Sitecore 8 Development provides a soup-to-nuts approach for a Sitecore rookie to come up to speed quickly, as well as provide more advanced techniques for seasoned veterans that they may not be exposed to otherwise. Key coverage areas include:Getting started with Sitecore developmentFront-end development techniquesIncorporating design patterns into your Sitecore solutionsUnit testing Sitecore applicationsProgramming Sitecore's marketing capabilitiesSitecore automation with PowerShellAdvanced development techniquesWhat you'll learnDevelop solutions on the Sitecore platformCome up to speed on Sitecore without going through a training classBuild front-end (HTML, CSS, Angular, etc.) solutions as well as back-end (C#) solutions on SitecoreIncorporate design patterns into your Sitecore solutionsMake use of advanced Sitecore development techniquesWho This Book Is For The book is a developer's companion, both front end and back end developers. The target audience is both developers who have zero Sitecore experience, as well as seasoned veterans looking for advanced best practices. A secondary audience would be Sitecore administrators who would benefit from discussions around performance tuning and security.